Anti-müllerian hormone is a promising predictor for the occurrence of the menopausal transition

Menopause

Volumn 11, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 601-606

  Van Rooij, Ilse A J ^a   Den Tonkelaar, Isolde ^b   Broekmans, Frank J M ^a   Looman, Caspar W N ^c   Scheffer, Gabrielle J ^a   De Jong, Frank H ^c   Themmen, Axel P N ^c   Te Velde, Egbert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b International Health Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti m llerian hormone; Cycle irregularity; Follicle stimulating hormone; Inhibin B; Menopause transition; Reproductive stage

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; TESTICULAR HORMONES;

EID: 14844362723     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GME.0000123642.76105.6E     Document Type: Article

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