Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens and cystic fibrosis. A genetic commonality.

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CF and CBAVD are really just ends of a clinical spectrum. The type and nature of the mutations in the CF gene probably determine the phenotypic expression of the patient. Perhaps all patients homozygous for delta F508, for example, will have severe pulmonary and pancreatic disease as well as absent vasa, whereas those with other combinations, such as delta F508/D1270N, will be unaffected in terms of pulmonary and...

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