A prospective randomized comparison of sublingual and oral misoprostol when combined with mifepristone for medical abortion at 12-20 weeks gestation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3062-3066

  Tang, Oi Shan ^a   Chan, Carina C W ^a   Kan, Anita S Y ^a   Ho, Pak Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abortion; Misoprostol; Oral; Second trimester; Sublingual

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

EID: 27944495262     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei196     Document Type: Article

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