Prolonged induction to delivery time in termination of pregnancy using 16, 16-dimethyl-PGE1-methyl ester (gemeprost) for fetuses with a neural tube defect or hydrocephalus

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-303

  Nesbitt, Denise ^b   Giles, Warwick ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEMEPROST;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION;

EID: 0029737115     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1996.tb02715.x     Document Type: Article

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