A randomized trial of misoprostol versus extra-amniotic sodium chloride infusion with oxytocin for induction of labor

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1039-1044

  Buccellato, Carl A ^a   Stika, Catherine S ^a,b   Frederiksen, Marilynn C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Labor induction; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0034081349     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.106052     Document Type: Article

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