Men traditionally have been viewed as being immune
to the ravages of time; however, we are slowly moving
towards an era in which a man’s reproductive age is
considered as important as the woman’s. It is tempting to
speculate that the identification of increased mortality in
the children of men with APA is a harbinger of future
findings that may set guidelines defining the age at which
older men should cautiously proceed with pregnancy.
Conflicts of interest:
L.I. Lipshultz has served as a clinical trials
participant, consultant, and speaker for both Auxilium and Endo. J.R.
Kovac, R. Ramasamy, and J. Dupree have nothing to disclose.
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Jason R. Kovac, Ranjith Ramasamy, James M. Dupree,
Larry I. Lipshultz
*
Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,
TX, USA
*Corresponding author. 6624 Fannin Street, #1700, Houston,
TX 77030, USA.
E-mail address:
larryl@bcm.edu
(L.I. Lipshultz).
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