Older men are having children, but the reality of a male biological clock makes this trend worrisome

Geriatrics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-17

  Fisch, Harry ^a  

^a Columbia University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hypogonadism; Male biological clock; Male infertility; Paternal age; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PARENTHOOD; PATERNAL AGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONOBIOLOGY PHENOMENA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 62849094542     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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