BACKGROUND: A test that helps predict the time to the final menstrual period (FMP) has been sought for many years. OBJECTIVE: To assess the ability of antimullerian hormone (AMH) measurements to predictions the time to FMP. DESIGN: Prospe…
PURPOSE: Twelve percent of women in the USA will develop invasive breast cancer in their lifetime, and that risk increases to 80% if they carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. BRCA1/2 mutations are thought to potentially affect ovarian reserve a…
There are large variations in the number of oocytes within each woman, and biologically, the total quantity is at its maximum before the woman is born. Scientific knowledge is limited about factors controlling the oocyte pool and how to mea…
INTRODUCTION: Fragile X premutations are associated with primary ovarian insufficiency when the patient presents with amenorrhea, but the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) CGG repeat count among cycling women with low ovarian reserve (d…
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether copious lavage and suction of human endometrioma fluid placed in the peritoneal cavity of rabbits reduces adhesion formation compared to no lavage. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, blinded study. SETTING: A…