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Repromedix's Plan Ahead(TM) Test Offers Most Accurate Measurement of

Women's Ovarian Reserve

WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston IVF today announced it will be the first IVF center in the northeast to offer Repromedix's Plan Ahead(TM) test, an innovative blood test that provides an assessment of a woman's egg supply by combining multiple factors including the measurement of ovary-related hormones AMH, Inhibin B, and FSH. The window of opportunity for a woman to have children by natural conception is dependent upon an adequate supply of eggs which inevitably declines as a woman ages and her "biological clock ticks." Plan Ahead enables a woman to compare her estimated egg supply with the normal range expected for women of the same age.

The Plan Ahead Report provides valuable directional information to women planning to have children after their late twenties. Women with faster biological clocks should seek further advice from fertility experts to help ensure that they can have the families they were hoping for.

Dr. Michael M. Alper, Harvard Medical School professor, and the medical director and co-founder of Boston IVF, an internationally renowned fertility treatment center, commented, "As more and more women delay pregnancy until their 30s and even their 40s, there is an urgent need for an accurate early assessment of their fertility. Unfortunately, we see far too many women late in the process when time is of the essence. The fertility field has been waiting for a test like this, and we are delighted to be the first practice to partner with Repromedix in providing this innovative test to women in the greater Boston area."

"The Plan Ahead test represents an extraordinary advance in fertility diagnostics compared to what has been readily available to the general population," said Dr. Benjamin Leader, Chief Medical Officer, Repromedix Corp. "Many fertility experts view the gold standard of egg su
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