Association of state and trait anxiety to semen quality of in vitro fertilization patients: A controlled study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Vellani, Elisa ^a   Colasante, Alessandro ^a   Mamazza, Luciana ^b   Minasi, Maria Giulia ^a   Greco, Ermanno ^a   Bevilacqua, Arturo ^c  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

IVF; semen quality; sperm DNA fragmentation; sperm motility; state anxiety; trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATE ANXIETY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; TRAIT ANXIETY;

EID: 84876996292     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.098     Document Type: Article

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