Effects of Repeated Treatment Failure on the Quality of Life of Couples with Infertility

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-337

  El Messidi, Amira ^a,b   Al Fozan, Haya ^a   Lin Tan, Seang ^a   Farag, Reda ^b   Tulandi, Reda ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clomiphene; Fertility agents; Infertility; Quality of life; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CREATIVITY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FRIEND; HOME; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MONEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 4143056790     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)30361-9     Document Type: Article

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