Misoprostol alone or in combination with methotrexate for termination of pregnancy at first trimester

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-94

  Roudsari, Fatemeh Vahid ^a   Ayati, Sedigheh ^a   Saghafy, Nafiseh ^a   Shakeri, Mohamadtaghi ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Early medical abortion; Methotrexate; Misoprostol; Missed abortion; Pregnancy termination

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURETTAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 77949536657     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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