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The Relation of Psychological Stress to Pregnancy Outcome Among Women Undergoing In-Vitro Fertilization and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

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Pages 321-339 | Received 22 Sep 2010, Accepted 20 Mar 2011, Published online: 27 Jun 2011

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