Does the level of serum antimüllerian hormone predict ovulatory function in women with polycystic ovary syndrome with aging?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1043-1046

  Carmina, Enrico ^a   Campagna, Anna Maria ^a   Mansuet, Pasquale ^a   Vitale, Giustina ^a   Kort, Daniel ^b   Lobo, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; AMA; ovulation; PCOS

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGING; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGING; ANDROGENS; ANOVULATION; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866987572     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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