Article
Mutations in the cystic fibrosis gene in patients with congenital absence of the vas deferens.
The New England journal of medicine - 1 Jun 1995
Chillón M, Casals T, Mercier B, Bassas L, Lissens W, Silber S, Romey M C, Ruiz-Romero J, Verlingue C, Claustres M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD) is a form of male infertility in which mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene have been identified. The molecular basis of CBAVD is not completely understood. Although patients with cystic fibrosis have mutations in both copies of the CFTR gene, most patients with CBAVD have mutations in only one copy of...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infertility, Male
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
