Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 2107-2111 , December 2008

Infertility and psychiatric morbidity

  • Chiara Sbaragli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry Division, University of Siena School of Medicine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Morgante, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, University of Siena School of Medicine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
    • ,
  • Arianna Goracci, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry Division, University of Siena School of Medicine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Arianna Goracci, M.D., Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry Division, University of Siena School of Medicine, Viale Bracci 1, 53100 Siena, Italy (FAX: +39-0577-233451).
    • ,
  • Tara Hofkens, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Vincenzo De Leo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, University of Siena School of Medicine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
    • ,
  • Paolo Castrogiovanni, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry Division, University of Siena School of Medicine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Received 9 July 2007 ,Revised 16 October 2007 ,Accepted 16 October 2007.

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 Supported by institutional funds from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry Division, and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, University of Siena School of Medicine, Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

 There is no conflict of interest for any authors of this manuscript.

PII: S0015-0282(07)03928-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.045

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 2107-2111 , December 2008

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