WHAT INFORMATION DOES THE ANTI MÜLLERIAN HORMONE (AMH) TEST PROVIDE?
AMH 抗繆勒激素值測試能提供哪些訊息？
The Anti-Mullerian hormone level is a blood test that evaluates how many eggs remain in your ovary. This is also known as "ovarian reserve." It does not tell us anything about the quality of your eggs. The quality of your eggs will mainly depend on your age and cannot be evaluated unless the eggs are taken outside of your body, and fertilization attempts are made.Every woman experiences a natural decline in AMH over time. Therefore, your levels need to be interpreted in comparison to your age group. The reference intervals on your laboratory results are usually vast and might not be useful in putting your egg reserve into perspective.At the time of menopause, the AMH levels become undetectable. The AMH is a relatively novel marker of measuring ovarian reserve, introduced into clinical practice somewhere around 2005. Previously, it was used in research only, mainly during embryonic development, since it is highly essential for male and female genital development. It is also known as MIS (Mullerian Inhibiting Substance). While males also produce AMH in the testicle, it has no clinical relevance for male patients.
AMH水平可評估您的卵巢裏還有多少顆卵，也被稱爲”卵巢儲備“。它不能預測卵子質量，卵子質量僅和年齡有關，在取出卵子並進行受精嘗試之前無法評估其質量。隨著時間的流逝，女性的AMH水平都會自然下降。因此，AMH值要和相同年齡組女性比較。實驗室血檢結果的範圍區間對於評估您的卵子儲備沒有太大意義。進入絕經期時，女性的AMH水平幾乎無法測出。AMH數值是相對較新的評估卵巢儲備的標志，大概在2005年進入臨床實踐，之前僅主要用於胚胎發展階段的研究，因爲此數值對於男女生殖發育極為重要。它也被稱爲MIS (繆勒激素抑制物質）。儘管男性睾丸也釋放AMH，但對於男性患者，其數值並不具備臨床意義。