Serum levels of inhibin B, AMH, FSH, LH, estradiol (E2), PRL, progesterone, and T were evaluated. Levels of inhibin B and AMH were measured using inhibin B ELISA kits and
AMH ELISA kits from Beckman Coulter Inc., which were described in the previous research (19 (
link)). All serum measurements for the patients were performed in the same laboratory using the same assays. The assay was developed using a sequential application of sample, conjugated antibody, substrate, and amplifier, with the washing as instructed. Absorbance was read in a microplate reader at a wavelength of 450 nm, along with 620 nm used as a reference filter.
Sample concentrations of inhibin B were extrapolated from the standard curve using a cubic-cubic regression. The detection limit of the assay was 2.6 pg/mL, the intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation were 3.8% and 5.2%, respectively. Samples with inhibin B concentrations less than the detection limit of the assay were assigned a value of 2.5 for analysis.
The levels of FSH, LH, E2, PRL, progesterone, and T were measured using a chemiluminescence-based immunometric assay on an
ADVIA Centaur immunoassay system (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY, USA). The manipulation was performed following the manufacturer’s instructions.
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