Psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnant women

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples 80129, Italy. Electronic address: gabriele.saccone.1990@gmail.com.
² Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
⁴ Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
⁵ Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Gabriele Saccone et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;223(2):293-295.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.05.003. Epub 2020 May 7.

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples 80129, Italy. Electronic address: gabriele.saccone.1990@gmail.com.
² Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
⁴ Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
⁵ Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

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