Medical abortion at 9-13 weeks' gestation: A review of 1076 consecutive cases

Contraception

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 327-332

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Late first trimester; Medical abortion; Mifepristone; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ADULT; ANALGESIA; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 18044397337     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.10.015     Document Type: Article

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