Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 415-419 , April 2006

Bleeding after medication-induced termination of pregnancy with two dosing schedules of mifepristone and misoprostol

Received 31 August 2004 ,Revised 23 July 2005 ,Accepted 8 September 2005.

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PII: S0010-7824(05)00359-8

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.09.001

Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 415-419 , April 2006

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