The psychological impact of IVF failure after two or more cycles of IVF with a mild versus standard treatment strategy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2554-2558

  de Klerk, C ^a   Macklon, N S ^a,b   Heijnen, E M E W ^a,b   Eijkemans, M J C ^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

Assisted reproduction; GnRH antagonist; Single embryo transfer; Stress; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34548079723     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem171     Document Type: Article

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