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Can we use serum Anti-Mullerian hormone to differentiate the diagnosis between polycystic ovary syndrome patients and healthy women with polycystic ovarian morphology and regular menstrual cycles

Hüseyin Aydoğmuş, Sefa Kelekçi, Ferhan Elmalı and Serpil Aydoğmuş
Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 1011-1016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.23413
Hüseyin Aydoğmuş
From the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Aydoğmuş), İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, from the Department of Biostatistics (Elmalı), from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Aydoğmuş), İzmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine, and from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Kelekçi), Özel İzmir Kordon Cerrahi Tıp Merkezi, İzmir, Turkey
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Sefa Kelekçi
From the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Aydoğmuş), İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, from the Department of Biostatistics (Elmalı), from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Aydoğmuş), İzmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine, and from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Kelekçi), Özel İzmir Kordon Cerrahi Tıp Merkezi, İzmir, Turkey
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Ferhan Elmalı
From the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Aydoğmuş), İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, from the Department of Biostatistics (Elmalı), from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Aydoğmuş), İzmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine, and from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Kelekçi), Özel İzmir Kordon Cerrahi Tıp Merkezi, İzmir, Turkey
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Serpil Aydoğmuş
From the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Aydoğmuş), İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, from the Department of Biostatistics (Elmalı), from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Aydoğmuş), İzmir Katip Çelebi University School of Medicine, and from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Kelekçi), Özel İzmir Kordon Cerrahi Tıp Merkezi, İzmir, Turkey
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