Diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): revisiting the threshold values of follicle count on ultrasound and of the serum AMH level for the definition of polycystic ovaries

Dewailly, Didier; Gronier, H.; Poncelet, E.; Robin, Geoffroy; Leroy, M.; Pigny, Pascal; Duhamel, Alain; Catteau-Jonard, Sophie

doi:10.1093/humrep/der297

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Diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): revisiting the threshold values of follicle count on ultrasound and of the serum AMH level for the definition of polycystic ovaries

Published in Human Reproduction • Sep 16, 2011

Authors:

Didier Dewailly

H. Gronier

E. Poncelet

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovarian morphology (PCOM) at ultrasound is currently used in the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). We hypothesized that the previously proposed threshold value of 12 as an excessive number of follicles per ovary (FN) is no longer appropriate because of current tec...

Subject

Polycystic ovary

Ovary

Medicine

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