Cervical ripening: Randomized comparison of intravaginal prostaglandin E2 gel with prostaglandin E2 gel plus laminaria tents

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 260-263

  Turnquest, Mureena A ^a,b   Lemke, Merit D ^a   Brown, Haywood L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Laminaria; Prostaglandin gel

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LAMINARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LAMINARIA; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030780409     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6661(199709/10)6:5<260::aid-mfm3>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Review

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