Antimüllerian hormone as predictor of implantation and clinical pregnancy after assisted conception: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 119-130.e3

  Tal, Reshef ^a   Tal, Oded ^b   Seifer, Benjamin J ^a   Seifer, David B ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b School for Health and Life Sciences   (Canada)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimullerian hormone (AMH); Clinical pregnancy; Implantation; Meta analysis; Predictor

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CONCEPTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; BLOOD; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924348764     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.09.041     Document Type: Article

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