Congenital absence of the vas deferens: Incomplete penetrance of cystic fibrosis gene mutations

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1794-1799

  Shin, David ^a   Gilbert, Fred ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Infertility; Male; Mutation; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

POLYTHYMIDYLIC ACID; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIBLING; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030765634     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64131-4     Document Type: Article

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