Effect of psychiatric group intervention on natural-killer cell activity and pregnancy rate

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 353-356

  Hosaka, Takashi ^a   Matsubayashi, Hidehiko ^a   Sugiyama, Yoko ^a   Izumi, Shun Ichiro ^a   Makino, Tsunehisa ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Group intervention; Infertility; Natural killer cell activity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036767953     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00194-9     Document Type: Article

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