Early Pregnancy Termination with Mifepristone and Misoprostol in the United States
- 30 April 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (18), 1241-1247
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199804303381801
Abstract
Mifepristone and a prostaglandin have been used successfully to terminate pregnancy in Europe and China. We report the results of a large U.S. study of mifepristone and misoprostol in women with pregnancies of up to nine weeks' duration.Keywords
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