A comparison of two regimens of misoprostol for second trimester medical termination of pregnancy: A randomized trial

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 144-148

  Chaudhuri, Snehamay ^a   Banerjee, Pradip Kumar ^a   Mundle, Malay ^a   Mitra, Sankar Nath ^a  

^a NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDIA; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954406972     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.100018     Document Type: Article

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