Choosing medical or surgical terminations of pregnancy in the first trimester: What is the difference?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-215

  Goodyear Smith, Felicity ^a,b   Knowles, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland Medical Aid Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abortifacient agents; Abortion; First; Induced; Mifepristone; Misoprostol; Pregnancy trimester

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CURETTAGE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; INDUCED ABORTION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACUUM CURETTAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949091253     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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