Misoprostol is as effective as gemeprost in termination of second trimester pregnancy when combined with mifepristone: A randomised comparative trial

Contraception

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 281-283

  Ho, P C ^a   Chan, Y F ^b   Lau, W ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

mifepristone; misoprostol; termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VERTIGO;

EID: 0029923276     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-7824(96)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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