The psychological impact of mild ovarian stimulation combined with single embryo transfer compared with conventional IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 721-727

  de Klerk, C ^a   Heijnen, E M E W ^a,b   Macklon, N S ^a,b   Duivenvoorden, H J ^a   Fauser, B C J M ^a,b   Passchier, J ^a   Hunfeld, J A M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect GnRH antagonist; IVF; Psychology; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GANIRELIX; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644872622     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei395     Document Type: Article

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