Contraception
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 36-41 , July 2006

A systematic review of more than one dose of misoprostol after mifepristone for abortion up to 10 weeks of gestation

  • Maria F. Gallo

      Affiliations

    • Ipas, Research and Evaluation Unit, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding reviewer. Tel.: +1 919 960 5716; fax: +1 919 929 7687.
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  • Susan Cahill

      Affiliations

    • Choice Family Health Care, Kalispell, MT, USA
    • ,
  • Laura Castleman

      Affiliations

    • Ipas, Training and Service Delivery Improvement Unit, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Ellen M.H. Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • Ipas, Research and Evaluation Unit, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA

Received 10 February 2006 ,Accepted 16 February 2006.

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PII: S0010-7824(06)00083-7

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.02.011

Contraception
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 36-41 , July 2006

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