Medical abortion at 64 to 91 days of gestation: A review of 483 consecutive cases

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1315-1319

  Hamoda, Haitham ^a   Ashok, Premila W ^a   Flett, Gillian M M ^a   Templeton, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Late first trimester; Mifepristone; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DIHYDROCODEINE; ERGOMETRINE PLUS OXYTOCIN; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSED ABORTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038395922     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.267     Document Type: Review

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