Psychological adjustment, knowledge and unmet information needs in women undergoing PGD

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1481-1489

  Karatas, J C ^a   Barlow Stewart, K ^b   Meiser, B ^c,d   McMahon, C ^e   Strong, K A ^f   Hill, W ^g   Roberts, C ^g   Kelly, P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g Sydney IVF   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; IVF; PGD; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; KNOWLEDGE; MOOD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 77952854149     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq086     Document Type: Article

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