Psychological reactions during in-vitro fertilization: Similar response pattern in husbands and wives

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3262-3267

  Boivin, Jacky ^a   Andersson, Lena ^b   Skoog Svanberg, Agneta ^b   Hjelmstedt, Anna ^b   Collins, Aila ^c   Bergh, Torbjorn ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Carl von Linne Kliniken   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; Infertility; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Psychology; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0031753097     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.11.3262     Document Type: Article

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