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. 2005;20(12):1003-5.
doi: 10.1007/s10654-005-4250-2.

Paternal age and epilepsy in the offspring

Mogens Vestergaard  1 , Alissa Mork, Kreesten M Madsen, Jørn Olsen
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Paternal age and epilepsy in the offspring

Mogens Vestergaard et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 2005.

Abstract

Advanced paternal age is associated with a higher rate of de novo mutation in sperm cells and mental disorders in the offspring. In a population based cohort study of 96,654 children, we found that fathers aged 35 years or more were slightly more likely to have a child diagnosed with epilepsy compared to fathers aged 25-29 years. Our data suggest a modest paternal effect on the aetiology of epilepsy.

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