Medical treatments for incomplete miscarriage

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Neilson, James P ^a   Gyte, Gillian Ml ^a   Hickey, Martha ^b   Vazquez, Juan C ^c   Dou, Lixia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENDOCRINOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEMEPROST; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ANALGESIA; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

EID: 85018144026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007223.pub3     Document Type: Review

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