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Congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens in the absence of cystic fibrosis.
Lancet (London, England) - 26 Nov 1994
Augarten A, Yahav Y, Kerem B S, Halle D, Laufer J, Szeinberg A, Dor J, Mashiach S, Gazit E, Madgar I
Abstract excerpt
The high frequency of mutations in the cystic fibrosis gene in patients with congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens (CBAVD) has raised the question whether all of them have a genital form of cystic fibrosis. We investigated 47 CBAVD patients by ultrasonography, 10 (21%) had renal malformations and 37 (79%) did not. In the former group, no cystic fibrosis mutations were found and sweat chloride...
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