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Paternité tardive: un risque en matière de reproduction?

Does advanced paternal age constitute a reproductive risk factor?

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Parallèlement au risque reproductif bien documenté lié à l’âge maternel, des publications croissantes font état d’une majoration significative d’issues reproductives défavorables lié à l’âge paternel. Ce travail de synthèse fait une analyse des principaux travaux scientifiques récents sur le sujet, attestant d’une implication réelle de l’âge paternel au delà de 40 ans sur la reproduction humaine.

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If it is now clearly established that advanced maternal age can have a deleterious impact on reproductive issues, and an increasing number of recent publications also indicate an increased risk associated with advanced paternal age. Based on a review of the literature, the authors analyse the consequences of advanced paternal age on various reproductive parameters.

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Thonneau, P., de La Rochebrochard, E. Paternité tardive: un risque en matière de reproduction?. Androl. 17, 117–122 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03041164

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