Fertility and Sterility
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Page 276, February 2004

Psychological aspects of discontinuation of in vitro fertilization treatment

  • Catharina Olivius, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Institution for Women's and Children's Health, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göreborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Barbro Friden, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Varberg Hospital, Varberg, Sweden
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  • Gunilla Borg, B.S., R.N.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Institution for Women's and Children's Health, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göreborg, Sweden
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  • Christina Bergh, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Institution for Women's and Children's Health, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göreborg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christina Bergh, M.D., Ph.D., Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institution of Women’s and Children’s Health, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden (Fax: +4631 418717

Received 29 September 2003; received in revised form 29 September 2003; accepted 29 September 2003.

Abstract 

A considerable number of patients discontinue in vitro fertilization treatment because of psychological reasons.

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PII: S0015-0282(03)02859-0

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.026

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Page 276, February 2004

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