CFTR gene and male fertility

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-110

  Wong, P Y D ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CBAVD; CFTR; Chloride secretion; Cystic fibrosis; Epididymis

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; AGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAS DEFERENS; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0031906403     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.2.107     Document Type: Article

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