Article
Genetic investigations of CFTR mutations in congenital absence of vas deferens, uterus, and vagina as a cause of infertility.
Journal of andrology - 1 Jan 2000
Radpour Ramin, Gourabi Hamid, Dizaj Ahmad Vosough, Holzgreve Wolfgang, Zhong Xiao Yan
Abstract excerpt
A qualitative diagnosis of infertility requires attention to male and female physical abnormalities including endocrine anomalies and genetic conditions that interfere with reproduction. Many genes are likely to be involved in the complex process of reproduction. Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD) is a genital form of cystic fibrosis (CF) that is responsible for 2%-6% of male infertility....
Topics
- Alleles
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infertility
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
- Risk Factors
- Uterus
- Vagina
- Vas Deferens