Vaginal misoprostol alone is effective in the treatment of missed abortion

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1026-1035

  Zalanyi S ^a  

^a Municipal Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURETTAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MISSED ABORTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TABLET; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, MISSED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031707815     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10269.x     Document Type: Article

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