Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 6 , Pages 2596-2601 , June 2009

Trial development of the Cognitive Appraisal Scale for Infertility (CASI) (version 1)

  • Yoshiko Saito, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
    • Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yoshiko Saito, M.D., Faculty of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, 840 Shijyo-Cho, Kashihara-City, Nara 634-8521, Japan (FAX: 81-744-29-7555).
    • ,
  • Hiroya Matsuo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Received 15 February 2008 ,Revised 18 March 2008 ,Accepted 18 March 2008.

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 Y.S. has nothing to disclose. H.M. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00713-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.052

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 6 , Pages 2596-2601 , June 2009

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