Medical management of second trimester fetal demise using misoprostol

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 735-737

  Hossain, Nazli ^a   Soomro, Nargis ^a   Umar, Aneela ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fetal demise; Misoprostol; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RETAINED PLACENTA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STOMACH ULCER; TABLET; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0036933952     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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