Comparative study between single dose 600 μg and repeated dose of oral misoprostol for treatment of incomplete abortion

Contraception

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-311

  Phupong, Vorapong ^a   Taneepanichskul, Surasak ^a   Kriengsinyot, Rosarin ^a   Sriyirojana, Nucharee ^b   Blanchard, Kelly ^c   Winikoff, Beverly ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Thailand)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Incomplete abortion; Misoprostol; Tolerable; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NAUSEA; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPOTTING; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644356277     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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