Two routes of administration for misoprostol in the treatment of incomplete abortion: a randomized clinical trial

Contraception

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 456-462

  Diop, Ayisha ^a   Raghavan, Sheila ^a   Rakotovao, Jean Pierre ^b   Comendant, Rodica ^c   Blumenthal, Paul D ^d   Winikoff, Beverly ^a  

^a GYNUITY HEALTH PROJECTS   (United States)

^b Befelatanana Maternity Centre   (Madagascar)

^c Municipal Clinical Hospital No 1   (Moldova)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Incomplete abortion; Misoprostol; Postabortion care; Sublingual

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 67349119485     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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