Oral versus rectal route of misoprostol administration: A randomized controlled trial

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Hassan, Farid Ibrahim ^a   Mostapha, Mohamed Khalid ^a   Sattar, Mahmoud Abdel ^a   Marouf, Emad ^a   Azim, Shokry Abdel ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Incomplete abortion; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIC; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PARITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS; VOMITING;

EID: 36148934099     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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