Vaginal misoprostol for cervical priming before hysteroscopy in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-145

  Barcaite, E ^a   Bartusevicius, A ^a   Railaite, D R ^a   Nadisauskiene, R ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Hysteroscopy; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 26844449345     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2005.06.019     Document Type: Article

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