Rupture of uterus in the first trimester during medical termination of pregnancy for exomphalos using mifepristone/misoprostol

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1575-1577

  Willmott, F J ^a   Scherf, C ^a   Ford, S M ^a   Lim, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; INFUSION FLUID; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 53849130656     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01928.x     Document Type: Article

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