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No benefit, but increased harm from high dose (100 μg) misoprostol for induction of labour: a randomised trial of high vs. low (50 μg) dose misoprostol

F. Majoko Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare, Zimbabwe; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Section for International Maternal and Child Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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L. Nystrom Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Epidemiology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
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G. Lindmark Department of Women's and Children's Health, Section for International Maternal and Child Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Pages 614-617 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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