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Anti-Mullerian hormone is linked to the type of early pregnancy loss in idiopathic recurrent miscarriage: a retrospective cohort study

Authors: Sophie Pils, Natalia Stepien, Christine Kurz, Kazem Nouri, Regina Promberger, Johannes Ott

Published in: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology | Issue 1/2017

Abstract

We correlated Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) levels and other parameters for ovarian reserve to the gestational age at the time of pregnancy loss in women with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage. In a retrospective study, 79 patients had suffered a total of 266 miscarriages. When comparing women with an “unembryonic” to those with an “embryonic” most recent miscarriage, there was no difference in median age (36.3 years, IQR 31.6–40.1 versus 34.2 years, IQR 29.9–38.0; p = 0.303) but in median AMH levels (0.7, IQR 0.2–18, versus median 1.8, IQR 1.3–3.3, respectively, p = 0.044) and in the rate of patients with an AMH ≤ 1 ng/mL (23/37, 62.2%, versus 8/42, 19%; p < 0.001). Thus, AMH might add to the diagnostic process in recurrent miscarriage in the future.

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Title: Anti-Mullerian hormone is linked to the type of early pregnancy loss in idiopathic recurrent miscarriage: a retrospective cohort study
Authors: Sophie Pils
Natalia Stepien
Christine Kurz
Kazem Nouri
Regina Promberger
Johannes Ott
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7827
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12958-017-0278-x

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