A multicentre randomized comparative clinical trial of 200 mg RU486 (mifepristone) single dose followed by either 5 mg 9-methylene PGE2 gel (meteneprost) or 600 μg oral PGE1 (misoprostol) for termination of early pregnancy within 28 days of missed menstrual period

Contraception

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 125-130

  Bhattacharya, M ^a   Das, S K ^a   Gopalakrishnan, K ^a   Kodkany, B S ^a   Mukherjee, G G ^a   Kukherjee, K ^a   Pal, M N ^a   Shrotri, A N ^a   Shanmugapriya, K N ^a   Takkar, D ^a   Datey, S ^a   Gupta, N K ^a   Mittal, R ^a   Roy, M ^a   Shekhar, C ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Vishwanath, P ^a   Saxena, B N ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Comparative efficacy; Early termination; Meteneprost; Mifepristone; Misoprostol; Successful outcome

Indexed keywords

METENEPROST; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

16,16-DIMETHYLPROSTAGLANDIN E2; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY;

EID: 0033634710     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(00)00154-2     Document Type: Article

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