Misoprostol as the primary agent for medical abortion in a low-income urban setting

Contraception

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-126

  Borgatta, Lynn ^a   Mullally, Brigid ^a   Vragovic, Olivera ^a   Gittinger, Elizabeth ^a   Chen, Angela ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; First trimester; Medical abortion; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASPIRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 3342924400     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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