Prepidil® compared to Propess® for cervical ripening

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 116-119

  Vollebregt, A ^a   Van't Hof, D B ^a   Exalto, N ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Cost effectiveness; Labour induction; Prostaglandin E 2

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LABOR, INDUCED; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037055960     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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