02Mar 2018

ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT OF ANTRAL FOLLICULAR COUNT AND OVARIAN VOLUME IN NORMAL (FERTILITY - PROVEN) AND INFERTILE SOUTH INDIAN WOMEN.

  • M.d og, associate professor, thoothukudi medical college hospital.
  • M.d, dgo, dnb, mba, associate professor, thoothukudi medical college hospital.
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Infertility is a major distress to many couples in the world, causing increased numbers of them to approach medical care. Infertility or otherwise subfertility is the failure of a couple to conceive after 1 year of regular, unprotected intercourse. Ovulatory disorder is one of the most common reasons of female factor infertility accounting to 30% of all cases.[1] Ovarian reserve denotes the capacity of the ovary to provide egg cells capable for fertilization. To asses the individual quantitative ovarian reserve various tests are available like Day3 FSH, AMH, Antral follicular count and ovarian volume measurement. Antral follicular count is referred as a number of oocytes and follicles in ovaries which is morphologically healthy. Anti mullerian hormone is produced by healthy ovarian follicles and serves as a marker of quantity of healthy follicles and oocytes in ovaries. Ovarian volume is assessed by ultrasound and helps in assessment of ovarian function. The aim of this study is to compare the ovarian reserve of fertility proven women with women presenting with subfertility using the tests like antral follicular count and ovarian volume measurement in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Thoothukudi,Tamil Nadu, South India.

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[T. Gomathi and Mangalageetha. (2018); ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT OF ANTRAL FOLLICULAR COUNT AND OVARIAN VOLUME IN NORMAL (FERTILITY - PROVEN) AND INFERTILE SOUTH INDIAN WOMEN. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Mar). 1-5] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr T.GOMATHI,MD OG
Associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Thoothukudi medical college

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6639      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6639

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