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Psychosocial outcomes for parents and children after in vitro fertilization: A review

Catherine A. McMahon Department of Academic Psychiatry, School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, St Leonard's, 2065; School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109, Australia
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Judy A. Ungerer School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109, Australia
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Janet Beaurepaire Department of Academic Psychiatry, School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, St Leonard's, 2065
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Christopher Tennant Department of Academic Psychiatry, School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, St Leonard's, 2065
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Douglas Saunders Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonard's, 2065
Pages 1-16 | Received 04 Oct 1994, Accepted 22 Dec 1994, Published online: 11 Dec 2007

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Susan Golombok, Lucy Owen, Lucy Blake, Clare Murray & Vasanti Jadva. (2009) Parent–child relationships and the psychological well-being of 18-year-old adolescents conceived by in vitro fertilisation. Human Fertility 12:2, pages 63-72.
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