Antral follicle count as a marker of ovarian biological age to reflect the background risk of fetal aneuploidy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1337-1343

  Grande, Maribel ^a,b   Borobio, Virginia ^a   Jimenez, Jose Miguel ^a   Bennasar, Mar ^a   Stergiotou, Iosifina ^a   Peñarrubia, Joana ^a   Borrell, Antoni ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aneuploid pregnancies; Antral follicle count; Chronological age; Ovarian age; Ovarian reserve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOSOMY X; OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; REPRODUCTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANTRAL FOLLICLE COUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS RISK; GENETIC RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; OVARIAN BIOLOGICAL AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARIAN RESERVE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900798350     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu055     Document Type: Article

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