The effects of advanced paternal age on fertility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 723-728

  Kovac, Jason R ^a   Addai, Josephine ^a   Smith, Ryan P ^a   Coward, Robert M ^a   Lamb, Dolores J ^a   Lipshultz, Larry I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging male; fertility outcomes; male infertility; paternal age

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3;

AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COUNSELING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATERNAL AGE; POLLUTANT; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TERATOGENICITY;

ADULT; AGING; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE;

EID: 84887259755     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2013.92     Document Type: Review

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