Therapeutic termination of second trimester pregnancies with low dose misoprostol

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 464-467

  Liaquat, Nagina Fatima ^a   Javed, Iffat ^a   Shuja, Samia ^a   Shoaib, Tabassum ^a   Bano, Khadija ^a   Waheed, Saima ^a   Ansar, Afia ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Low dose misoprostol; Second trimester; Therapeutic termination

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND;

EID: 33748430357     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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