Ovarian reserve and anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) in mothers of dizygotic twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 634-638

  Van Der Stroom, Elizabeth M C ^a   König, Tamar E ^a   Vink, Jacqueline M ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Lambalk, Cornelis B ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AMH; familial dizygotic twinning; menopause; ovarian reserve

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MENOPAUSE; MOTHER; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PROGNOSIS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 84875971084     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2013.4     Document Type: Article

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