A double-blind randomized trial of two dose regimens of misoprostol for cervical ripening and labor induction

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 114-118

  Diro, Makbib ^a,b   Adra, Abdallah ^a   Gilles, Jerry M ^a   Nassar, Anwar ^a   Rodriguez, Alfredo ^a   Salamat, Sharon M ^a   Beydoun, Samir N ^a   O'Sullivan, Mary Jo ^a   Yasin, Salih Y ^a   Burkett, Gene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Labor induction; Misoprostol; Prostaglandin E1

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0032942503     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059909020471     Document Type: Article

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