Labor induction by vaginal misoprostol in grand multiparous women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 198-201

  Bique, Cassimo ^a   Bugalho, Antonio ^a   Bergström, Staffan ^b,c  

^a MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Induction of labor; Misoprostol; Mozambique; Uterine rupture

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIPARA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TIME; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EID: 0033022481     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780305.x     Document Type: Article

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