Open AccessPaternal age and congenital malformations
Author(s) -
Jin Zhu,
Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen,
Mogens Vestergaard,
Anne Vingaard Olesen,
Olga Basso,
Jørn Olsen
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dei186
Subject(s) - congenital malformations , medicine , paternal age , pediatrics , pregnancy , biology , genetics , offspring
Spontaneous mutations in germ cells increase with male age, but an association between paternal age and congenital malformations is not well established. We conducted a population-based cohort study to estimate this association.
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