Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 101-104 , July 2009

Cervical preparation with laminaria tents improves induction-to-delivery interval in second- and third-trimester medical termination of pregnancy

  • Chafika Mazouni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marseille Public Hospital System (APHM), 13385 Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Nadège Vejux

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marseille Public Hospital System (APHM), 13385 Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Pierre Menard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marseille Public Hospital System (APHM), 13385 Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Aurore Bruno

      Affiliations

    • Marseille Midwife School, 13014 Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Léon Boubli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marseille Public Hospital System (APHM), 13385 Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Claude d'Ercole

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marseille Public Hospital System (APHM), 13385 Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Florence Bretelle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marseille Public Hospital System (APHM), 13385 Marseille, France
    • Unit 1, CNRS UMR 6236, Université de la Méditerranée, 13005 Marseille, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Nord, 13915 Marseille Cedex 20, France. Tel.: +33 4 91 9 646 72; fax: +33 4 91 96 48 53.

Received 1 October 2008 ,Revised 22 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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PII: S0010-7824(09)00034-1

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.01.013

Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 1 , Pages 101-104 , July 2009

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