Misoprostol to treat missed abortion in the first trimester

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Gemzell Danielsson, K ^a   Ho, P C ^b   Gomez Ponce de Leon R ^c   Weeks, A ^d   Winikoff, B ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e GYNUITY HEALTH PROJECTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anembryonic pregnancy; Misoprostol; Missed abortion

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADD ON THERAPY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART CONTRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MISSED ABORTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARESTHESIA; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TONGUE DISEASE; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 36048959071     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.09.008     Document Type: Review

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