Congenital absence of the vas deferens: Mild form of cystic fibrosis

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-31

  Patrizio, Pasquale ^a   Zielenski, Julian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; VAS DEFERENS;

ABNORMALITIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; GENITALIA, MALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0029688503     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1357-4310(96)88755-7     Document Type: Review

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