A systematic review of more than one dose of misoprostol after mifepristone for abortion up to 10 weeks of gestation

Contraception

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-41

  Gallo, Maria F ^a   Cahill, Susan ^b   Castleman, Laura ^a   Mitchell, Ellen M H ^a  

^a IPAS   (United States)

^b Choice Family Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Induced; Mifepristone; Misoprostol; Review

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDLINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RASH; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MEDLINE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745112865     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.02.011     Document Type: Review

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