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Significance of CFTR gene mutations in patients with congenital aplasia of vas deferens with special regard to renal aplasia.
Andrologia - 1 Oct 2012
Schwarzer J U, Schwarz M
Abstract excerpt
Between 1994 and 2010, a total of 123 patients with obstructive azoospermia due to aplasia of vas deferens (CAVD) were surgically treated. In 110 patients, the condition was bilateral (CBAVD), 13 men had unilateral aplasia (CUAVD), and 10 patients additionally had aplasia of one kidney. All patients underwent CFTR genetic testing, which detected two mutations (homozygous or compound heterozygous condition) in...
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