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Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator mutations and polymorphisms associated with congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens in a restricted group of patients from North Africa.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2012
Boudaya M, Fredj S Hadj, Haj R Bel, Khrouf M, Bouker A, Halouani L, Messaoud T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens (CBAVD) is responsible for 2-6% of male infertility. It occurs in 95% of men with cystic fibrosis. This malformation is present in patients with a sterile obstructive azoospermia but without clinical evidence of cystic fibrosis. Molecular study of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene responsible for cystic fibrosis could show...
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