Comparison of two doses of mifepristone in combination with misoprostol for early medical abortion: A randomised trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 524-530

  Wu, Y M ^a   Gomez Alzugaray, M ^b   Haukkamaa, M ^c   Ngoc, N T N ^d   Ho, P C ^e   Pretnar Darovec, A ^f   Healy, D L ^g   Sotnikova, E ^h   Shah, R S ⁱ   Pavlova, N G ^j   Chen, J K ^k   Song, S ^k   Bygdeman, M ^l   Kovacs L ^m   Khomassuridze, A ⁿ   Song, L J ^o   Hamzaoui, R ^p   Alexaniants, S ^q   Van Look, P F A ^r   von Hertzen, H ^r   Piaggio, G ^r   Peregoudov, A ^r   Vucurevic, M ^r   Grimes, D ^s   more..

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENDOCRINOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Hung Vuong Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f Univ Dept of Obstet and Gynaecol   (Slovenia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h RESEARCH CENTER OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^j D O OTT RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^k SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^l KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

ⁿ Zhordania Inst of Hum Reproduction   (Georgia)

^o Tianjin Munic Inst for Fam Plan   (China)

^p Centre d Etude et de Recherche en Reproduction Humaine de l ONFP   (Tunisia)

^q Maternal and Child Health   (Armenia)

^r WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0005662148     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb13273.x     Document Type: Article

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