Contraception
Volume 77, Issue 1 , Pages 50-55 , January 2008

Second-trimester pregnancy termination with 600-μg vs. 400-μg vaginal misoprostol and systematic curettage postexpulsion: a randomized trial

  • Josep L. Carbonell

      Affiliations

    • Clinica “Mediterrania Medica”, 46017 Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Clínica Mediterrania Medica, C/ Salvador Guinot, 14, 46017 Valencia, España. Tel.: +34 96 358 6020; fax: +34 96 378 5485.
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  • Miguel A. Torres

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Gineco-Obstétrico Docente “Eusebio Hernández”, Havana 11300, Cuba
    • ,
  • Raúl Reyes

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Gineco-Obstétrico Docente “Eusebio Hernández”, Havana 11300, Cuba
    • ,
  • Lourdes Ortega

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Gineco-Obstétrico Docente “Eusebio Hernández”, Havana 11300, Cuba
    • ,
  • Francisca García-Gallego

      Affiliations

    • Clínica Ginegranada, 18003 Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • Carlos Sánchez

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Gineco-Obstétrico Docente “Eusebio Hernández”, Havana 11300, Cuba

Received 15 May 2007 ,Revised 27 August 2007 ,Accepted 10 September 2007.

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PII: S0010-7824(07)00423-4

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.09.007

Contraception
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