A fatal cause of sexual inadequacy in men: adreno-leukodystrophy.
Diminished libido, impotence and infertility have been detected in 5 of 6 men with adreno-leukodystrophy, a universally fatal disease. The importance of the clinical recognition of these patients and their separation from others with relatively innocuous causes of testicular dysfunction are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D002549:Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder / Q000150:complications*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012730:Sex Chromosomes; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000209:etiology