Are serum antimulleran hormone, follicle stimulating hormone and antral follicle count measurment can predict pregnancy rates in IVF / ICSI cycle / Oum Alhussain Mohamed Ali ; Supervised Ismail Ibrahim Aboulfottouh , Dawlat Mohamed Ibrahim Salem , Omneya Mohamed Ibrahim Osman

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

Studies on the use of antimullerian hormone (AMH) as a marker for ovarian ageing in women have recently started. As AMH is largely expressed throughout folliculogenesis, from the primary follicular stage towards the antral stage, serum levels of AMH may represent both the quantity and quality of the ovarian follicle pool. The development of vaginal colour and pulse Doppler ultrasound has resulted in the recent tendency to evaluate the quality and the developmental competence of the oocyte using the ovarian vascular change in women undergoing IVF. It has been reported that prefollicular blood flow characteristics could be a marker for evaluating the quality of oocytes and the developmental competence of the corresponding embryos. A study was conducted in the assisted rReproduction Unit, Masr Aldawly. It included 100 infertile women undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for treatment of infertility. All women were subjected to pituitary down regulation using either the short or the long protocols applied by the unit

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