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Chapter 42 - Medical Method for Termination of Pregnancy

from Section 5 - Termination of Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Teresa Bombas
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

Indications, medical methods, mifepriston, misorprostol

Keywords

Mifepristonmisoprostolapplication
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 277 - 288
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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