Effect of previous live birth and prior route of delivery on the outcome of early medical abortion

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 669-674

  Chien, Li Wei ^a   Liu, Wei Min ^a   Tzeng, Chii Ruey ^a   Au, Heng Kien ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PARACETAMOL; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ABORTION; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; DRUG COMBINATION; INDUCED ABORTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64249101082     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31819638e6     Document Type: Article

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