الفهرس 
? Development and Physiology of Human OvariesOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Ovarian reserve tests in infertile patients before management either by ovulation induction or IVF program are a worthy procedure as it saves unnecessary procedures, induction complications, canceled cycles, wasted resources and emotional stress to the couple in case of low estimate, and can as well help in adjusting the doses to obtain the most appropriate response (Islam et al., 2016).
This study aimed at comparing between AFC and basal FSH as ovarian reserve tests for prediction of ovarian response in infertile patients women undergoing super-ovulation with long protocol for assisted reproduction.
80 women who were attending the infertility clinic and Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit (ART) of the hospital complaining of infertility were approached. They were invited to take part in the study; after fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria, all enrolled patients were exposed to the known approach of history taking, general examination and routine investigations and procedures done during ART therapy.
The patients then were followed up and assessment of ovarian response by the TV/US folliculometry done starting from the 6th day of the cycle till the largest follicle reaches a diameter of> 18 mm with good count of secondary follicles.
Oocytes retrieved on ovum pickup day were considered to indicate good response if ≥4 oocytes.
It was found that 63 patients (78.8 %) were found to be good responders as regards the number of retrieved oocyte on ovum pickup day and pregnancy rate while about 17 patients (21.2%) was found to be bad responders as regards the same parameters respectively. It was observed that all basal measures such as age, AFC, basal FSH and basal E2 appeared to be good predictors for ovarian response and showed statistical significant difference between the good responders and poor responders when both groups were compared.