Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 48-52 , March 2006

Monitoring Medical Abortion Using Mifepristone/Misoprostol Combination with Ultrasonogram and Serum Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

  • Szu-Yuan Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Yen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Huihua Kenny Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pui-Ki Chow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Chiung Wang

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy Science, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Sen Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Chun-Sen Hsu, 111 Hsing-Lung Road, Section 3, Taipei 116, Taiwan

Received 19 August 2005 ,Revised 29 August 2005 ,Accepted 30 August 2005.

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60190-X

doi: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60190-X

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 48-52 , March 2006

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