Misoprostol for preventing PPH: some lessons learned

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9543, 2006, Pages 1216-1218

  Chong, Yap Seng ^a   Su, Lin Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LABOR; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749247262     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69497-X     Document Type: Note

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