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Antral Follicle Count and Serum Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Levels to Assess Functional Ovarian Age
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Sunday, July 29, 2007 |
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was 2-fold. The first was to estimate side-to-side variation in antral follicle counts. The second was to determine whether basal follicle-stimulating hormone levels on days 2, 3, and 4 of the same menstrual cycle are significantly different.
METHODS: Forty-one patients between the ages of 20 and 42 years undergoing monitoring for in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer were evaluated ultrasonographically for antral follicle number. The antral follicle counts were determined for each ovary by experienced ultrasonographers at the time of suppression check ultrasonography. In a separate study, 62 normal subjects (ages 20–25 and 40–45 years) underwent serial sequential serum follicle-stimulating hormone determinations on days 2–4 of the menstrual cycle, and these levels were compared.
RESULTS: There was no significant difference between right and left antral follicle counts (P = .30). Serial follicle-stimulating hormone values were not significantly different on days 2, 3, or 4 of the menstrual cycle (P = .22).
CONCLUSION: There is no significant difference between right-sided and left-sided antral follicle counts within the same individual. In turn, there is no significant difference in serial follicle-stimulating hormone levels on days 2, 3, or 4 of the menstrual cycle.
Full article: http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content/full/104/4/801
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Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
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