Relationship and parenthood in IVF couples with twin and singleton pregnancies compared with spontaneous singleton primiparous couples-a prospective 5-year follow-up study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 578-585

  Sydsjö, Gunilla ^a   Wadsby, Marie ^a   Sydsjö, Adam ^a   Selling, Katarina Ekholm ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

couples relationship; Infertility; twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTHOOD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLETON PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTS; PARITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 40249101596     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.064     Document Type: Article

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