Oral misoprostol for labor augmentation: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1255-1260

  Bleich, April T ^a   Villano, Kathryn S ^a   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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE HYPERTONIA; UTERINE SPASM; UTERINE TACHYSYSTOLE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855177243     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318236df5b     Document Type: Article

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