Correlation between CFTR gene mutations in Iranian men with congenital absence of the vas deferens and anatomical genital phenotype

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-40

  Radpour, Ramin ^a   Gourabi, Hamid ^a   Gilani, Mohamad Ali Sadighi ^a   Dizaj, Ahmad Vosough ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

CBAVD; Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens; IVS8 5T; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

AGENESIS; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE STERILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAS DEFERENS;

ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEMINAL VESICLES; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 38049160433     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.002972     Document Type: Article

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