Contraception
Volume 67, Issue 4 , Pages 295-297 , April 2003

Sublingual misoprostol for preabortion cervical ripening in first-trimester pregnancy termination

  • N. Vimala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
    • ,
  • Suneeta Mittal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
    • ,
  • Sunesh Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91-11-26594592, 26589535; fax: +91-11-26862663.

Received 30 July 2002 ,Revised 6 January 2003 ,Accepted 6 January 2003.

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PII: S0010-7824(03)00024-6

doi: 10.1016/S0010-7824(03)00024-6

Contraception
Volume 67, Issue 4 , Pages 295-297 , April 2003

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