Serum anti-Müllerian hormone is a better predictor of ovarian response than FSH and age in IVF patients with endometriosis

Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 222-227

  Yoo, Ji Hee ^a   Cha, Sun Hwa ^a   Park, Chan Woo ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a   Yang, Kwang Moon ^a   Song, In Ok ^a   Koong, Mi Kyoung ^a   Kang, Inn Soo ^a   Kim, Hye Ok ^a  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti M llerian hormone (M llerian inhibiting substance); Endometriosis; Human; In vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864614742     PISSN: 22338233     EISSN: 22338241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2011.38.4.222     Document Type: Article

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