Use of mifepristone to ripen the cervix and induce labor in term pregnancies

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-120

  Berkane, Nadia ^a   Verstraete, Lieve ^a   Uzan, Serge ^a   Boog, Georges ^b   Maria, Bernard ^c  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint Georges   (France)

Author keywords

Cervix; Induction; Labor; Mifepristone; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JAUNDICE; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MIFEPRISTONE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12844280724     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.084     Document Type: Article

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