[The fundamental basis and obstetrical applications of mifepristone or RU-486 (voluntary interrupted pregnancies excluded)].
RU 486 is an anti-progesterone steroid used in obstetrics to achieve maturation of the cervix before an endouterine procedure in late abortions during the first 3 months, in therapeutic pregnancy termination during months 3-6 or 6-9 and in expelling fetuses which have died in utero. RU 486 has also been proposed for use in inducing or facilitating labor at term.
Winer
N
N
Département de Gynécologie-Obstétrique et biologie de la Reproduction, Pavillon Mère-Enfant, CHRU, Nantes.
Lopez
P
P
Sagot
P
P
Boog
G
G
D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced; D015735:Mifepristone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy
D015735:Mifepristone
Bases fondamentales et applications obstétricales de la mifepristone ou RU 486 (IVG exclues).