Coping style and depression level influence outcome in in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1026-1033

  Demyttenaere, Koen ^a   Bonte, L ^a   Gheldof, M ^a   Vervaeke, M ^a   Meuleman, C ^a   Vanderschuerem, D ^a   D'Hooghe, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Infertility; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032102128     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00089-2     Document Type: Article

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