General practitioner requests for AMH fertility tests rose more than 13-fold from 2011 to 2021, despite research showing these tests cannot predict natural conception, according to a Flinders University study of 1.4 million health records.
Anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) is commonly used as a marker to assess ovarian reserve and reproductive potential. Â
At-home fertility testing is joining an array of routine tests that will be done increasingly at home, will impact clinical labs.
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