Can women accurately assess the outcome of medical abortion based on symptoms alone?

Contraception

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-197

  Jackson, Andrea V ^a,d   Dayananda, Ila ^a,b,d   Fortin, Jennifer M ^b   Fitzmaurice, Garrett ^c   Goldberg, Alisa B ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure; Medical abortion; Mifepristone; Misoprostol; Predict; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DILATION AND EVACUATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ABORTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; RETAINED PLACENTA; SELF EVALUATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, STEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855867091     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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