Two regimens of vaginal misoprostol in second trimester termination of pregnancy - A prospective randomised trial

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1458-1462

  Kumar Bhattacharyya, Subir ^a,c   Mukherji, Joydeb ^a   Sankar Kamilya, Gouri ^a   Ray, Sailesh ^a   Hazra, Avijit ^b  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Misoprostol; Pregnancy; Second trimester abortion

Indexed keywords

METOCLOPRAMIDE; MISOPROSTOL; PETHIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845272126     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340601002282     Document Type: Article

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