The level of anxiety and depression among Iranian infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization or intra cytoplasmic sperm injection cycles

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 358-362

  Yassini, M ^a   Khalili, Mohammad Ali ^b   Hashemian, Z ^c  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; ICSI; Infertility; Iran; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 29244443639     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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