Ovarian morphology assessed by magnetic resonance imaging in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome and associations with antimüllerian hormone, free testosterone, and glucose disposal rate

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Leonhardt, Henrik ^a   Hellström, Mikael ^a   Gull, Berit ^a   Lind, Anna Karin ^a   Nilsson, Lars ^a   Janson, Per Olof ^a   Stener Victorin, Elisabet ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

AMH; antral follicle count; magnetic resonance imaging; PCOS; testosterone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANTRAL FOLLICLE COUNT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GLUCOSE DISPOSAL RATE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AMH; ANTRAL FOLLICLE COUNT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PCOS; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PERFUSION IMAGING; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84901804135     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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