Double-blind comparison of 2.5 and 5.0 mg of prostaglandin E2 gel for preinduction cervical ripening

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 745-748

  Smith, Carl V ^a   Miller, Ann ^a   Livezey, Glenn T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

labor, induced; prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CERVIX UTERI; DINOPROSTONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0029861529     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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