Misoprostol and pregnancy termination

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9602, 2007, Pages 1824-

  das Neves, José ^a,b   Cunha, Teresa ^b   Dias, Gustavo ^b   Santos, Bárbara ^a,b   Teixeira, Branca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; ABORTIVE AGENT;

DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOTE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 36549050745     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61767-X     Document Type: Letter

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