Discordances between follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in female infertility

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a,b   Weghofer, Andrea ^a,c   Barad, David H ^a,d  

^a New York and Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PRASTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953561695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-64     Document Type: Article

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