A randomised study of two doses of gemeprost in combination with mifepristone for induction of abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy

Contraception

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-100

  Thong, K J ^a   Lynch, P ^a   Baird, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gemeprost; midtrimester abortion; mifepristone

Indexed keywords

CODEINE PHOSPHATE; CYCLIZINE; DIAMORPHINE; ERGOMETRINE; ERGOMETRINE MALEATE; GEMEPROST; MIFEPRISTONE; OXYTOCIN; PARACETAMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E1 DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINA PESSARY; VOMITING;

EID: 0030222158     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-7824(96)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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