Age and male fertility: Biological factors

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 53, Issue HS2, 2005, Pages

  Auger, J ^a   Jouannet, P ^a  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Age; Aneuploidy; DNA; Father; Fertility; Genetic diseases; Male; Mutation; Offspring; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATHER; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; MUTATION RATE; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGENY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULARIZATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FERTILITY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 33645087400     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0398-7620(05)84765-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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