Oral misoprostol for induction of labour at term: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7540, 2006, Pages 509-511

  Dodd, Jodie M ^a   Crowther, Caroline A ^a   Robinson, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERM BIRTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HYPERTONIA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DINOPROSTONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TERM BIRTH; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

EID: 33644909870     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38729.513819.63     Document Type: Article

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