Vaginal misoprostol compared with oral misoprostol in termination of second-trimester pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 735-738

  Ho, Pak Chung ^a   Ngai, Suk Wai ^b   Liu, Ka Lai ^b   Wong, Grace Ching Yin ^b   Lee, Sharon Wai Heung ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VERTIGO;

EID: 0030801779     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00419-5     Document Type: Article

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