High-dose misoprostol used in outpatient management of first trimester spontaneous abortion

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-186

  Sifakis, Stavros ^a,c   Angelakis, Emmanuel ^a   Vardaki, Elpida ^a   Fragouli, Yvoni ^b   Koumantakis, Eugenios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Medical management of missed abortion; Miscarriage; Misoprostol; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CONCEPTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSED ABORTION; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERUS BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, MISSED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; OUTPATIENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26244435297     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0697-8     Document Type: Article

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