TY - JOUR PY - 2000// TI - Maternal mortality following the use of misoprostol JO - Medicine, science, and the law A1 - Daisley, H. SP - 78 EP - 82 VL - 40 IS - 1 N2 - Three cases of maternal death following the use of misoprostol are presented. In two of the cases the drug was used to procure illegal abortion, and in the third case maternal death occurred following uterine rupture, after misoprostol was used clinically for induction of labour. A brief review of the usage of misoprostol is presented, including recommendations for its safe use.
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