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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2003) 18: 190-191
© 2003 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Case Reports

Infertility in adults with polycystic kidney disease

Maurizio Li Vecchi1, Paola Cianfrone2, Rocco Damiano3 and Giorgio Fuiano2,

1 Department of Nephrology, University of Palermo, Palermo 2 Department of Nephrology and 3 Department of Urology, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Keywords: ADPKD; infertility; seminal cysts

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Because of a marked pituitary dysfunction, which is not reversed by dialysis, infertility is frequently a problem in male patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). CRF is associated, in fact, with impaired gonadal steroidogenesis and gametogenesis, elevated gonadotropin levels and attendant alterations in hypothalamic regulation of pituitary-gonadal function [1]. Therefore, any additional cause of infertility can further and dramatically decrease the ability of patients with CRF to conceive. . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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