Question for ghost/DOR

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Question for ghost/DOR

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How does the RE diagnose a patient with DOR? What numbers would start to classify DOR?
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Also has anyone had their follicle count done by an outside entity than their doctor and got a lower count? I was told its best to have your RE center do the ultrasound because they know what to look for whereas an outside diagnostic center misses them quite often.
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Re: Question for ghost/DOR

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ava wrote:How does the RE diagnose a patient with DOR? What numbers would start to classify DOR?
A diagnosis of DOR is usually based on cycle day 3 FSH levels in the blood or on antral follicle count. The criterion for FSH is usually set between 8 and 10, and exceeding that criterion indicates DOR.

The criterion for antral follicles is usually between 8 and 10 follicles, with fewer than that indicating DOR.

So a patient with 6 antral follicles and an FSH of 11 would be diagnosed as DOR at almost all clinics.
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ava wrote:Also has anyone had their follicle count done by an outside entity than their doctor and got a lower count? I was told its best to have your RE center do the ultrasound because they know what to look for whereas an outside diagnostic center misses them quite often.
Whether the RE is more accurate, I don't know, but his clinic will do things a certain way so that the results will be consistent with other results at that clinic.
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Thanks ghost that helps get an idea.
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