A randomized trial of misoprostol compared with manual vacuum aspiration for incomplete abortion

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 540-547

  Weeks, Andrew ^a   Alia, Godfrey ^b   Blum, Jennifer ^b   Winikoff, Beverly ^b   Ekwaru, Paul ^b   Durocher, Jill ^b   Mirembe, Florence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UGANDA; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

EID: 23944486680     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000173799.82687.dc     Document Type: Article

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