A randomised trial of surgical, medical and expectant management of first trimester spontaneous miscarriage

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-127

  Shelley, Julia M ^a   Healy, David ^b   Grover, Sonia ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curettage; Expectant; Miscarriage; Misopostol; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSTETRIC CARE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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

EID: 17244369669     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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