Article
Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens. A primarily genital form of cystic fibrosis
1992-04-01
Abstract excerpt
<h3>Objective.</h3> —Almost all males with cystic fibrosis (CF) have absent vasa deferentia. It has been suggested that otherwise healthy males with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD), previously considered a distinct genetic entity, have an increased frequency of CF gene mutations. This study examined the genetic commonality of these two disorders. <h3>Design.</h3> —We typed six common CF ge...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 77757964-8d56-554d-aa0e-509ec875263e
- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.267.13.1794
