Reasons for dropout in infertility treatment

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-64

  Van Den Broeck, U ^a,c   Holvoet, L ^a   Enzlin, P ^b   Bakelants, E ^a   Demyttenaere, K ^b   D'Hooghe, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Infertility treatment discontinuation; Physical burden; Psychological burden; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; BELGIUM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449187148     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000214839     Document Type: Article

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