Life 20 years after unsuccessful infertility treatment

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 598-604

  Wirtberg, Ingegerd ^a   Moller A ^b   Hogstrom L ^c   Tronstad, S E ^c   Lalos, A ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Infertility; Long term effects; Psychosocial impact; Quality of life; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846499810     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del401     Document Type: Article

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