Simplified follow-up after early medical abortion: 12-month experience of a telephone call and self-performed low-sensitivity urine pregnancy test

Contraception

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 440-445

  Michie, Lucy ^a,b   Cameron, Sharon T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical termination of pregnancy; Postabortal; Telephone follow up; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ABORTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; SELF REPORT; TELECONSULTATION; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; INDUCED ABORTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; TELEPHONE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900297335     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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