Anti-Müllerian hormone predicts menopause: A long-term follow-up study in normoovulatory women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2532-2539

  Broer, S L ^a   Eijkemans, M J C ^a   Scheffer, G J ^a   Van Rooij, I A J ^a   De Vet, A ^a   Themmen, A P N ^a   Laven, J S E ^a   De Jong, F H ^a   Te Velde, E R ^a   Fauser, B C ^a   Broekmans, F J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OVULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961233799     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2776     Document Type: Article

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