Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 6 , Pages 456-462 , June 2009

Two routes of administration for misoprostol in the treatment of incomplete abortion: a randomized clinical trial

  • Ayisha Diop

      Affiliations

    • Gynuity Health Projects, New York, NY 10010, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 448 1230; fax: +1 212 448 1260.
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  • Sheila Raghavan

      Affiliations

    • Gynuity Health Projects, New York, NY 10010, USA
    • ,
  • Jean-Pierre Rakotovao

      Affiliations

    • Befelatanana Maternity Centre, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar
    • ,
  • Rodica Comendant

      Affiliations

    • Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 1, 2001 Chisinau, Moldova
    • ,
  • Paul D. Blumenthal

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
    • ,
  • Beverly Winikoff

      Affiliations

    • Gynuity Health Projects, New York, NY 10010, USA

Received 13 June 2008 ,Revised 26 November 2008 ,Accepted 27 November 2008.

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☆ This study was made possible by an anonymous donor.

PII: S0010-7824(08)00545-3

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.11.016

Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 6 , Pages 456-462 , June 2009

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