Pregnancy termination using vaginal misoprostol in women with more than one caesarean section

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 597-600

  Daponte, A ^a   Nzewenga, G ^b   Dimopoulos, K D ^a   Guidozzi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Misoprostol; Pregnancy termination

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROTOMY; NAUSEA; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS RUPTURE; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848824345     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610701497561     Document Type: Article

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