Stress relief after infertility treatment - Spontaneous conception, adoption and psychological counselling

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-195

  Kupka, Markus S ^a,c   Dorn, Christoph ^b   Richter, Oliver ^b   Schmutzler, Andreas ^d   Van Der Ven, Hans ^b   Kulczycki, Andrzej ^c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption; Infertility treatment; Miscarriage; Psychological counseling; Spontaneous conception

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STRESS;

EID: 0042280340     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(03)00280-X     Document Type: Article

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