Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , January 2009

Early termination of pregnancy by single-dose 800 μg misoprostol compared with surgical evacuation

  • Sudha Prasad, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sudha Prasad, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi–110 002, India.
    • ,
  • Ashok Kumar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • Aabha Divya, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Received 23 July 2007 ,Revised 12 November 2007 ,Accepted 12 November 2007.

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 S.P. has nothing to disclose. A.K. has nothing to disclose. A.D. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(07)04093-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.028

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , January 2009

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