Management of the first trimester miscarriages;Prise en charge des fausses couches spontanées du premier trimestre

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-21

  Beucher, G ^a   Beillat, T ^a   Dreyfus, M ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anembryonic pregnancy; Curettage; Early pregnancy failure; Misoprostol; Missed pregnancy; Spontaneous miscarriage

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIARRHEA; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; DRUG ABSORPTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; MISSED ABORTION; MOTIVATION; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037325003     PISSN: 03682315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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