A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial on the use of mifepristone with sublingual or vaginal misoprostol for medical abortions of less than 9 weeks gestation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2315-2318

  Tang, Oi Shan ^a   Chan, Carina C W ^a   Ng, Ernest H Y ^a   Lee, Sharon W H ^a   Ho, Pak Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Medical abortion; Misoprostol; Sublingual; Vaginal

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNCOPE; TABLET; VAGINA BLEEDING; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0242606903     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg475     Document Type: Article

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