Mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis gene in men with Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 669-677

  De Braekeleer, Marc ^a   Férec, Claude ^b  

^a CHICOUTIMI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

CBAVD; CFTR; Cystic fibrosis; Gene mutations; Review

Indexed keywords

CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ALLELE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ABNORMALITIES; ALLELES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOGENESIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030225318     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.9.669     Document Type: Article

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