Results and lessons learned from a small medical abortion clinical study in Turkey

Contraception

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 401-406

  Akin, Ayse ^a   Blum, Jennifer ^b   Özalp, Sinan ^c   Önderoǧlu, Lütfü ^d   Kirca, Üzeyir ^e   Bilgili, Nihal ^f   Koçoǧlu, Gonca ^a   Philip, Neena ^b   Winikoff, Beverly ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GYNUITY HEALTH PROJECTS   (United States)

^c ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Faculty of Medicine

^e SB Konak Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^f Matern Child Hlth/Fam Plan Ctr   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Low resource countries; Medical abortion; Mifepristone; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOMITING;

EID: 7044269131     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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