A challenging intervention with maternal anxiety: Babies requiring surgical correction of a congenital anomaly after missed prenatal diagnosis

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 571-579

  Aite, Lucia ^a   Trucchi, Alessandro ^a   Nahom, Antonella ^a   Zaccara, Antonio ^a   Casaccia, Germana ^a   Bagolan, Pietro ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29144527337     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.10075     Document Type: Article

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