CONVULSIONS AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM ABNORMALITIES AFTER INTRA-AMNIOTIC PROSTAGLANDIN F2a

R. C. Lyneham; J. G. Mcleod; I. D. Smith; P. A. Low; R. P. Shearman; A. R. Korda

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(73)91094-5

CONVULSIONS AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM ABNORMALITIES AFTER INTRA-AMNIOTIC PROSTAGLANDIN F_2a

R. C. Lyneham, J. G. Mcleod, I. D. Smith, P. A. Low, R. P. Shearman, A. R. Korda

Neurology

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Five of three hundred and twenty patients who had therapeutic second-trimester abortion by intra-amniotic prostaglandin F_2a(P.G.F_2a) experienced major convulsions during the procedure. In four out of eight patients there were abnormalities in serial electroencephalograms performed within one to four hours of P.G.F._2aadministration.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1003-1005
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	302
Issue number	7836
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(73)91094-5
State	Published - Nov 3 1973

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