Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 5 , Pages 1404-1408 , May 2006

Impact of hypnosis during embryo transfer on the outcome of in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer: a case-control study

  • Eliahu Levitas, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility and IVF Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eliahu Levitas, M.D., IVF Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, P.O. Box 151, Beer Sheva, 84101, Israel (FAX: 972-8-640-3057)
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  • Aldo Parmet, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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  • Eitan Lunenfeld, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility and IVF Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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  • Yacov Bentov, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility and IVF Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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  • Eliezer Burstein, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility and IVF Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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  • Michael Friger, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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  • Gad Potashnik, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility and IVF Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Received 2 March 2005 ,Revised 11 October 2005 ,Accepted 11 October 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)00077-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.10.035

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 5 , Pages 1404-1408 , May 2006

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