Efficacy of the antiprogestin mifepristone (RU 486) prior to prostaglandin termination of pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 202-203

  Urquhart, D R ^a   Bahzad, C ^a   Templeton, A A ^a  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extra amniotic; Mifepristone; Prostaglandin; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ABORTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EVALUATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HORMONES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, SECOND TRIMESTER; PROSTAGLANDINS--ADMINISTRACTION AND DOSAGE; REPRODUCTION; RU-486;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; DINOPROSTONE; DRUG EVALUATION; ESTRENES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIFEPRISTONE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTATIONAL HORMONES;

EID: 0024596656     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136872     Document Type: Article

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