A randomized comparison of medical abortion and surgical vacuum aspiration at 10-13 weeks gestation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 92-98

  Ashok, Premila W ^a   Kidd, Avril ^b   Flett, Gillian M M ^b   Fitzmaurice, Ann ^a   Graham, Wendy ^a   Templeton, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical abortion; Mifepristone; Misoprostol; Surgical vacuum aspiration

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATION PERIOD; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LICENSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VERTIGO;

EID: 0036163876     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.1.92     Document Type: Article

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