Misoprostol for treatment of early pregnancy failure in women with previous uterine surgery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 626.e1-626.e5

  Chen, Beatrice A ^a   Reeves, Matthew F ^a   Creinin, Mitchell D ^a,b   Gilles, Jerry M ^c   Barnhart, Kurt ^d   Westhoff, Carolyn ^e   Zhang, Jun ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean delivery; early pregnancy failure; miscarriage; misoprostol; myomectomy

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MYOMECTOMY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS RUPTURE; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 44649174427     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.11.045     Document Type: Article

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