A comparison of tamoxifen and misoprostol to misoprostol alone for early pregnancy termination

Contraception

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 353-356

  Jain, John K ^a   Meckstroth, Karen R ^a   Park, Maureen ^a   Mishell Jr , Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Misoprostol; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO; TAMOXIFEN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMYOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, DRUG INDUCED; ABORTION, INDUCED; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY AGENTS; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; MISOPROSTOL; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTAGLANDINS; PROSTAGLANDINS, SYNTHETIC; REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STUDIES; TAMOXIFEN; UNITED STATES;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAMOXIFEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VOMITING;

EID: 0033510058     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(99)00105-5     Document Type: Article

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