Distinct spectrum of CFTR gene mutations in congenital absence of vas deferens

Human Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 365-377

  Dörk, Thilo ^a   Dworniczak, Bernd ^b   Aulehla Scholz, Christa ^c   Wieczorek, Dagmar ^d   Böhm, Ingolf ^e   Mayerova, Antonia ^f   Seydewitz, Hans H ^f   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^b   Meschede, Dieter ^b   Horst, Jürgen ^b   Pander, Hans Jürgen ^c   Sperling, Herbert ^d   Ratjen, Felix ^d   Passarge, Eberhard ^d   Schmidtke, Jörg ^a   Stuhrmann, Manfred ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Abt f Klin Genetik der F   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e Genetisches Labor Dr Waldenmaier   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; DNA FLANKING REGION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GONADAL AGENESIS; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SWEAT; VAS DEFERENS;

ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 1842339924     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050518     Document Type: Article

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