Purpose To identify which methods used in the assessment of the ovarian reserve are exclusive or complementary to identify the best response to follicle development. Methods Retrospective cohort study, involving patients undergoing assisted reproduction treatment at the Instituto de Medicina Reprodutiva e Fetal, from April 2009 to July 2014. Age, biochemical tests, and ultrasound were assessed....

CONTRIBUTING REVIEWERS The editors of Journal of Ovarian Research would like to thank all of our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in volume 5 (2012).

CONTRIBUTING REVIEWERS The editors of Journal of Ovarian Research would like to thank all of our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 8 (2015).

It remains controversial whether anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentration is influenced by hormonal contraception. This study quantified the effect of hormonal contraception on both endocrine and sonographic ovarian reserve markers in 228 users and 504 non-users of hormonal contraception. On day 2-5 of the menstrual cycle or during withdrawal bleeding, blood sampling and transvaginal sonograp...

Early response criteria and surgical outcome were evaluated in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Patients with FIGO stage IIIC or IV ovarian cancer and an ascites volume of >or=500 ml were randomly assigned to receive preoperatively 3 (A1) or 2 (A2) of 6 cycles of carboplatin and docetaxel intravenously. Response was monitored by measuring t...

In this study the effect of cadmium, cadmium+selenium and cadmium+zinc administration on the ovarian structure in Japanese quails was studied. The morphometric analysis of the relative volume of primary follicles detected the highest value in control group with a similar value in the group with administration of cadmium with selenium. Lower relative volume is reported in group with cadmium and ...

BACKGROUND This prospective study evaluated the effect of weight reduction on anthropometric indices and ovarian morphology in anovulatory overweight patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS Thirty-three anovulatory overweight patients with PCOS were enrolled in the study. All had patent Fallopian tubes and chronic anovulation: 27 of them were oligo-amenorrhoeic. The partners w...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this prospective study was to investigate whether ovarian blood flow is related to embryological parameters and whether it could be a predictor of outcomes of IVF/ICSI. METHODS Eighty infertile women underwent ovarian stimulation with gonadotrophins after a long protocol with GnRH agonists. The ovarian volume (OV), number of follicles (NF) and follicular volume (FV) of al...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of ovarian volume (OV) to age, height, and weight in Korean young women with the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) undergoing ultrasonography (US) and to investigate the relationship between ovarian follicle count and volume on US and serum hormone levels including the levels of the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and gonadotropin. ...

Ovarian cancer (OC) is the most fatal gynecological malignancy, and identifying reliable prognostic indicators can help guide therapeutic treatment. Various tumor marker-guided treatment regimens considerably improve patient prognosis with a better understanding of molecular underpinnings ovarian recurrence metastasis. Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron emission tomography/computed tomogra...