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. 2012:2012:576385.
doi: 10.5402/2012/576385. Epub 2012 Jan 26.

Ovarian reserve assessment for infertility investigation

Bruno Ramalho de Carvalho  1 , David Barreira Gomes Sobrinho, Andréa Duarte Damasceno Vieira, Manoela Porto Silva Resende, Antônio César Paes Barbosa, Adelino Amaral Silva, Hitomi Miura Nakagava
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Ovarian reserve assessment for infertility investigation

Bruno Ramalho de Carvalho et al. ISRN Obstet Gynecol. 2012.

Abstract

The current trends to postpone motherhood and the increase in demand for assistance in reproductive medicine highlight the need for seeking guidelines for the establishment of individualized treatment protocols. Currently available ovarian reserve tests do not provide sufficient evidence to be solely considered ideal, but they may occupy important place in initial counseling, predicting unsatisfactory results that could be improved by individualized induction schemes and reducing excessive psychological and financial burdens, and adverse effects. In this paper, we revise the role of hormonal basal and dynamic tests, as well as ultrasonographic markers, as ovarian reserve markers, in order to provide embasement for propaedeutic strategies and their interpretation in order to have reproductive success.

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