Antral follicle count (AFC) and serum anti-M üllerian hormone (AMH) are the predictors of natural fecundability have similar trends irrespective of fertility status and menstrual characteristics among fertile and infertile women below the age of 40 years.

CONCLUSION: This study indicates that the possible common observation of low respondent in ART might not be a result of over-representation of patients with an early age-specific decline in the ovarian reserve, but rather primarily as a consequence of age-specific depletion in the stock of developing follicles at the time of recruitment and selection.
PMID: 30744650 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Reproductive Biology - February 11, 2019 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Khan HL, Bhatti S, Suhail S, Gul R, Awais A, Hamayun H, Enver F, Abbas S, Hassan Z, Nisar R, Sardar S, Asif W Tags: Reprod Biol Endocrinol Source Type: research