Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 157-160 , February 2010

The effect of phloroglucinol on pain in first-trimester surgical abortion: a double-blind randomized controlled study

Received 2 September 2008 ,Revised 26 July 2009 ,Accepted 29 July 2009.

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☆ There was no funding for this study.

PII: S0010-7824(09)00354-0

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.07.009

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 157-160 , February 2010

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