Sublingual versus vaginal misoprostol for cervical ripening before hysteroscopy: A randomized clinical trial

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 937-940

  Tanha, Fateme Davari ^a,c   Salimi, Shohreh ^a   Ghajarzadeh, Mahsa ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervix; Hysteroscopy; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MUSCLE CRAMP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; TABLET; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; DILATATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PERIMENOPAUSE;

EID: 84876680536     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2652-4     Document Type: Article

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