Review on Autoimmune Reactions in Female Infertility: Antibodies to Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Table 1

Etiology of female infertility (based on the diagnostic and treatment guidelines provided by [1, 2]).

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Anovulatory infertility

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Hyperprolactinaemia

 Pituitary adenoma

Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism

 Kallmann’s syndrome

 Weight loss

Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism

 Premature ovarian failure (POF) and early menopause

 Gonadotrophin resistance due to a receptor defect

“Normogonadotropic” oligoanovulation

 Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

 Adrenal cause of hyperandrogenism

Genetic determinants

 Turner syndrome, Swyer syndrome

 Androgen insensitivity syndrome

 Androgen synthesis disorders

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Tuboperitoneal infertility

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 Tubal factor infertility

 Endometriosis

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Autoimmunity

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 POF

 Recurrent pregnancy loss

 Autoimmunity-associated infertility

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Uterine abnormalities

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 Malformations

 Submucous myomas

 Endometrial adhesions

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Unexplained infertility

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