Assessment of Gonadal Function Using Ovarian Doppler and Serum Hormone Levels in SLE.

Regular menstrual periods are an easily ascertainable external parameter of intact ovarian function. However the presence of regular bleeding is not synonymous with non-impaired ovarian reserve as shown by a recently published study.1 This study compared twenty three SLE patients naive to cytotoxic agents with twenty one age matched healthy women who served as controls. This study shows that SLE cases not receiving alkylating therapy and who had normal menstruating cycle and short illness had an impaired ovarian reserve.1