Paternal age: Are the risks of infecundity and miscarriage higher when the man is aged 40 years or over?

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 53, Issue HS2, 2005, Pages

  De La Rochebrochard, E ^a   Thonneau, P ^b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Paul Sabatier University   (France)

Author keywords

Infecundity; Miscarriage; Paternal age

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PATERNAL AGE; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ADULT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PATERNAL AGE;

EID: 33645058935     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0398-7620(05)84767-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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