Should fertilization treatment start with reducing stress?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1651-1658

  Campagne, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b Clinica Bella Medica   (Spain)

Author keywords

ART; Evidence based; Infertility; Professional ethics; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE COST; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745854190     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del078     Document Type: Article

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