The number of antral follicles in normal women with proven fertility is the best reflection of reproductive age

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 700-706

  Scheffer, Gabrielle J ^a   Broekmans, F J M ^a   Looman, C W N ^b   Blankenstein, M ^c   Fauser, B C J M ^b   DeJong, F H ^b   Te Velde, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antral follicles; GnRH agonist stimulation test; Inhibin B; Reproductive ageing; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; INHIBIN B; TRIPTORELIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0037386326     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg135     Document Type: Article

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