The reproducibility of serum anti-Müllerian hormone in subfertile women: Within and between patient variability

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1185-1187

  Rustamov, Oybek ^a   Pemberton, Philip W ^a   Roberts, Stephen A ^a   Smith, Alexander ^a   Yates, Allen P ^a   Patchava, Sree D ^a   Nardo, Luciano G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone; FSH; ovarian stimulation protocol; sample variation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79951953226     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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