A randomised double blind trial comparing misoprostol or placebo in the management of early miscarriage

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1090-1095

  Blohm, F ^a   Friden B E ^a   Milsom, I ^a   Platz Christensen, J J ^a   Nielsen, S ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO; ABORTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; ABORTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344446533     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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