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The use of sedation only during oocyte retrieval for in vitro fertilization: Patients' pain self-assessments versus doctors' evaluations

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  1. Fertility and IVF Unit Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka Medical Center of Kupat Cholim, Beer-Sheba, Israel

    Josef Gohar, Eitan Lunenfeld, Gad Potashnik & Marek Glezerman

  2. Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheba, Israel

    Josef Gohar, Eitan Lunenfeld, Gad Potashnik & Marek Glezerman

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Gohar, J., Lunenfeld, E., Potashnik, G. et al. The use of sedation only during oocyte retrieval for in vitro fertilization: Patients' pain self-assessments versus doctors' evaluations. J Assist Reprod Genet 10, 476–478 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01212936

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