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Young syndrome Young syn·drome (yŭng), [MIM*279000] obstructive azoospermia and chronic sinopulmonary infections. Young syn·drome (yŭng), [MIM*279000] obstructive azoospermia and chronic sinopulmonary infections.Young syndrome A condition seen in men in the UK and Australia between 1960 and 1980, which was characterised by chronic sinusitis, bronchitis, or bronchiectasis in men with obstructive azoospermia. Aetiology Uncertain; postulation that it was caused by mercury intoxication.Young syndrome A condition seen in men in UK and Australia between 1960 and 1980, accompanied by bronchiectasis and azoospermia due to epididymal obstruction Etiology Uncertain; some authors have postulated that YS was caused by mercury intoxication. See Mercury intoxication. Young, W.G., U.S. endocrinologist and anatomist, 1899-1965. Young syndrome - obstructive azoospermia manifested by infertility and sinopulmonary infection. |