Reply: Blood type and ovarian reserve

Only Female Age, and Not Blood Type, Is Associated with Ovarian Reserve

Implications of blood type for ovarian reserve.

BACKGROUND We explored the relevance of blood type to ovarian reserve, as reflected by early follicular phase FSH levels. METHODS For this cross-sectional observational study, early follicular phase serum levels of FSH (mIU/ml) and estradiol (E2, pg/ml), and information on blood type (A, B, AB and O) and patient age were procured for female patients, ≤ 45 years age (n= 544), who were undergoi...

Reply: ovarian reserve screening: a scientific and ethical analysis.

age at menopause using serum concentration of anti-mullerian hormone. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013;98:729–735. Titus S, Li F, Stobezki R, Akula K, Unsal E, Jeong K, Dickler M, Robson M, Moy F, Goswami S et al. Impairment of BRCA1-related DNA doublestrand break repair leads to ovarian aging in mice and humans. Sci Transl Med 2013;5:172ra21. Tremellen K, Savulescu J. Ovarian reserve screening: a ...

only female age, and not blood type, is associated with ovarian reserve

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An Update on Ovarian Aging and Ovarian Reserve Tests

Ovaries are the female organs that age more quickly than other tissues such as the uterus, the pituitary gland or pancreas. Different from males, an interesting question is why and how the females lose fertility so rapidly. During the aging process, both the number and quality of the oocytes in the ovaries decrease and reach to a point beyond that no more viable offspring may be produced and th...