title: Ovarian reserve assessment for infertility investigation.
abstract: The current trends to postpone motherhood and the increase in demand for assistance in reproductive medicine highlight the need for seeking guidelines for the establishment of individualized treatment protocols. Currently available ovarian reserve tests do not provide sufficient evidence to be solely considered ideal, but they may occupy important place in initial counseling, predicting unsatisfactory results that could be improved by individualized induction schemes and reducing excessive psychological and financial burdens, and adverse effects. In this paper, we revise the role of hormonal basal and dynamic tests, as well as ultrasonographic markers, as ovarian reserve markers, in order to provide embasement for propaedeutic strategies and their interpretation in order to have reproductive success.
authors.affiliation: GENESIS-Centre for Assistance in Human Reproduction, SHLS 716, Bloco "L", Salas "L" 328/331, Centro Clínico Sul, Ala Leste, 70.390 Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramalho de Carvalho
authors.forename: David Barreira
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Gomes Sobrinho
authors.forename: Andréa Duarte Damasceno
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Manoela Porto Silva
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Resende
authors.forename: Antônio César Paes
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Adelino Amaral
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Hitomi Miura
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Nakagava