Fertility and Sterility
Volume 80, Issue 4 , Pages 982-985 , October 2003

Treatment of functional hypothalamic amenorrhea with hypnotherapy

  • Walter Tschugguel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Walter Tschugguel, M.D., Division of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna Medical School, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria (FAX: 43-1-40400-7842;
    • ,
  • Sarah L Berga, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Received 18 September 2002 ,Revised 4 May 2003 ,Accepted 4 May 2003.

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PII: S0015-0282(03)01012-4

doi: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)01012-4

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 80, Issue 4 , Pages 982-985 , October 2003

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