TY - JOUR T1 - The sinusitis-infertility syndrome: Young's saint, old devil JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 698 LP - 698 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00163809 VL - 35 IS - 3 AU - P. C. Goeminne AU - L. J. Dupont Y1 - 2010/03/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/35/3/698.abstract N2 - To the Editors: Young's syndrome (YS) is a triad of bronchiectasis, chronic rhinosinusitis and infertility due to vas deferens obstruction, in which case cystic fibrosis (CF) and primary ciliary diskinesia are excluded. One assumed aetiology of YS is mercury exposure during childhood. During the 20th Century, mercury use was discouraged, thus reducing exposure. Hendry et al. 1 postulated that this was the reason for the declining prevalence of YS. They observed a rate of 50% of YS in males with obstructive azoospermia who … ER -