Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 3 , Pages 592-596 , March 2006

Early follicular antimüllerian hormone as an indicator of ovarian reserve

Received 16 May 2005 ,Revised 6 September 2005 ,Accepted 6 September 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)04006-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.09.019

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 3 , Pages 592-596 , March 2006

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