A dose-finding study of oral misoprostol for labor augmentation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 560.e1-560.e5

  Villano, Kathryn S ^a,b,c   Lo, Julie Y ^a   Alexander, James M ^a   McIntire, Donald D ^a   Leveno, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Regional Obstetric Consultants   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

dose finding; labor augmentation; oral misoprostol; phase I trial

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 79958090422     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.02.064     Document Type: Article

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