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SUBMITTER: Zhang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9128719 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Jing J Zhou Kunyan K Shan Dan D Luo Xiaoyan X
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20220524
<h4>Background</h4>Medical abortion became an alternative method of pregnancy termination following the development of prostaglandins and antiprogesterone in the 1970s and 1980s. Recently, synthesis inhibitors of oestrogen (such as letrozole) have also been used to enhance efficacy. The most widely researched drugs are prostaglandins (such as misoprostol, which has a strong uterotonic effect), mifepristone, mifepristone with prostaglandins, and letrozole with prostaglandins. More evidence is nee ...[more]