Sublingual versus vaginal misoprostol for the management of missed abortion

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 525-532

  Tanha, Fateme Davari ^a   Feizi, Mohadeseh ^a   Shariat, Mamak ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

First trimester abortion; Incomplete abortion; Missed abortion; Sublingual misoprostol; Vaginal misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSED ABORTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING; ABORTION, MISSED; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUCED ABORTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, MISSED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953338746     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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