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A new era in reproductive technologies: The emotional stages of in vitro fertilization

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  1. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Dana Biomedical Research Laboratory, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

    Machelle M. Seibel & Susan Levin

  2. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Beth Israel Hospital, 330 Brookline Avenue, 02215, Boston, Massachusetts

    Machelle M. Seibel

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Seibel, M.M., Levin, S. A new era in reproductive technologies: The emotional stages of in vitro fertilization. J Assist Reprod Genet 4, 135–140 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01555459

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