Urinary follicle-stimulating hormone as a measure of natural fertility in a community cohort

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 549-556

  Steiner, Anne Z ^a   Long, D Leann ^b   Herring, Amy H ^b   Kesner, James S ^c   Meadows, Juliana W ^c   Baird, Donna D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

fecundability; fertility; follicle stimulating hormone; ovarian reserve; urine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; URINALYSIS; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NORTH CAROLINA; OVULATION DETECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-PREGNANCY;

EID: 84876700948     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719112459226     Document Type: Article

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