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The genetics of male infertility in relation to cystic fibrosis.
Bailliere's clinical obstetrics and gynaecology - 1 Dec 1997
Lissens W, Liebaers I
Abstract excerpt
Absence, dysfunction or low levels of cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein result in a broad range of clinical manifestations with CF with pancreatic insufficiency at the severe end of the phenotypic spectrum and, at the other end relatively mild clinical conditions, including several forms of male infertility. The condition of congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens...
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