Maternal menopause as a predictor of anti-Müllerian hormone level and antral follicle count in daughters during reproductive age

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 247-255

  Bentzen, J G ^a   Forman, J L ^b   Larsen, E C ^a   Pinborg, A ^a   Johannsen, T H ^a   Schmidt, L ^b   Friis Hansen, L ^a   Nyboe Andersen, A ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anti M llerian hormone; antral follicle count; maternal menopause; ovarian reserve

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTRAL FOLLICLE COUNT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENOPAUSE; OVARIAN RESERVE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 84871196185     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des356     Document Type: Article

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