Anomalies associated with failed methotrexate and misoprostol termination

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 5 II, 2005, Pages 1203-1205

  Yedlinsky, Nicole T ^a   Morgan, Frank C ^a   Whitecar, Paul W ^a  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; ANISOCORIA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DUBOWITZ SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA BLEEDING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHOTREXATE; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 17644408383     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000154002.26761.41     Document Type: Article

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