First-trimester pregnancy termination with 800 μg of vaginal misoprostol every 12 h

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-254

  Salakos, N ^a,b   Kountouris, A ^a   Botsis, D ^a   Rizos, D ^a   Gregoriou, O ^a   Detsis, G ^a   Creatsas, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Aretaieion University Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Abortion; First trimester; Pregnancy; Termination; Vaginal misoprostol

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; CAFFEINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; HEMOGLOBIN; LONARID N; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MISOPROSTOL; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32144446191     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13625180500178676     Document Type: Article

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