Background Surgical abortion by vacuum aspiration or dilatation and curettage has been the
method of choice for early pregnancy termination since the 1960s. Medical abortion became …

Misoprostol, a synthetic prostaglandin E1 analogue, is commonly used for medical abortion,
cervical priming, the management of miscarriage, induction of labor and the management of …

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Holt-Oram syndrome is a developmental disorder affecting the heart and upper limb, the
gene for which was mapped to chromosome 12 two years ago. We have now identified a …

OBJECTIVE: To compare the pharmacokinetics of vaginal and oral administration of the
prostaglandin E1 analogue, misoprostol. METHODS: Twenty women received 400-μg doses …

BACKGROUND: The pharmacokinetic parameters of four different routes of administration of
a single dose of 400 μg of misoprostol were studied. METHODS: A total of 40 women …

Misoprostol is a prostaglandin E1 analogue that has been approved by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to be taken orally for the prevention and treatment of gastric ulcers …

Background Medical abortion became an alternative method of pregnancy termination
following the development of prostaglandins and antiprogesterone in the 1970s and 1980s …

Objective To ascertain whether a clinically important difference exists in the incidence of
gynaecological infection between surgical management and expectant or medical …

Background Mifepristone and a prostaglandin have been used successfully to terminate
pregnancy in Europe and China. We report the results of a large US study of mifepristone …