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Review of medical abortion using mifepristone in combination with a prostaglandin analogue.

Fiala C, Gemzel-Danielsson K

Gynmed Clinic, Mariahilferguertel 37, A-1150 Vienna, Austria. christian.fiala@aon.at

Induced abortion is still a major health problem in the world and the most frequently performed intervention in obstetrics and gynecology with an estimated total of 46 million worldwide each year. Medical abortion with mifepristone and prostaglandin was first introduced in 1988 and is now approved in 31 countries. This combination of drugs has recently been included in the List of Essential Medicines by the World Health Organisation. The present review summarizes the development, physiology and the development of the currently used regimens.

Published 19 June 2006 in Contraception, 74(1): 66-86.
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