Side effects of mifepristone-misoprostol abortion versus surgical abortion: Data from a trial in China, Cuba, and India

Contraception

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-114

  Elul, Batya ^a   Ellertson, Charlotte ^b   Winikoff, Beverly ^a   Coyaji, Kurus ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Mexico)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Early abortion; Medical abortion; Mifepristone misoprostol; Side effects; Surgical abortion

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; CHINA; CUBA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PAIN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032983607     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(99)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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