Laminaria versus extra-amniotic saline solution infusion for cervical ripening in second-trimester labor inductions

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1145-1148

  Hogg, Barbara B ^a   Owen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Oxytocin; Pregnancy termination

Indexed keywords

LAMINARIA JAPONICUM EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR INDUCTION; NAUSEA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETAINED PLACENTA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VOMITING;

EID: 0035340868     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.112903     Document Type: Article

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