Complications of first-trimester abortion: A report of 170,000 cases

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 129-135

  Hakim Elahi, E ^a,b   Tovell, Harold M M ^a,b   Burnhill, Michael S ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CERVICITIS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0025286693     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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