A Randomized Trial of Oral Misoprostol in Premenopausal Women Before Hysteroscopy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 648-652

  Healey, Sarah ^a   Butler, Blair ^a   Nicholas Kum, F ^a   Dunne, James ^a   Hutchens, Donna ^a   Crane, Joan M G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical dilatation; Cervical ripening; Hysteroscopy; Misoprostol; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CRAMP; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPOTTING; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 35248869345     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32548-8     Document Type: Article

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