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Structure and history of African elephant populations: I. Eastern and southern Africa. J Hered (1994) 1.67
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Developing a valid and reliable measure of health outcome for patients with low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (1994) 1.54
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A randomised comparison of oral and vaginal misoprostol for cervical priming before suction termination of pregnancy. Br J Obstet Gynaecol (1996) 1.46
Early abortion induction by a combination of mifepristone and oral misoprostol: a comparison between two dose regimens of misoprostol and their effect on blood pressure. Br J Obstet Gynaecol (1994) 1.46
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Emergency contraception: a survey of women's knowledge and attitudes. Br J Obstet Gynaecol (1996) 1.33
Third- and fourth-degree perineal tears among primiparous women in England between 2000 and 2012: time trends and risk factors. BJOG (2013) 1.32
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HIV infection and Scottish general practice: knowledge and attitudes. J R Coll Gen Pract (1989) 1.28
The hope and the hazards of using compliance data in randomized controlled trials. Stat Med (1998) 1.26
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Induction of abortion with mifepristone (RU 486) and oral or vaginal misoprostol. N Engl J Med (1995) 1.20
Willingness to pay for antenatal carrier screening for cystic fibrosis. Health Econ (1996) 1.20
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Review of unexplained infertility and obstetric outcome: a 10 year review. Hum Reprod (2001) 1.19
Outcome of wheeze in childhood: the influence of atopy. Eur Respir J (1995) 1.18
Factors associated with onset of menopause in women aged 45-49. Maturitas (1994) 1.18
Improving the selection of patients for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Gut (1993) 1.17
An effective regimen for early medical abortion: a report of 2000 consecutive cases. Hum Reprod (1998) 1.15
The epidemiology of infertility in the North East of Scotland. Hum Reprod (2009) 1.14
Early ovarian ageing: a hypothesis. Detection and clinical relevance. Hum Reprod (2003) 1.14
Preimplantation diagnosis or chorionic villus biopsy? Women's attitudes and preferences. Hum Reprod (1993) 1.12
Misoprostol for induction of labour at term: a more effective agent than dinoprostone vaginal gel. Br J Obstet Gynaecol (1999) 1.11
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Remission of diabetes while on sunitinib treatment for renal cell carcinoma. Ann Oncol (2008) 1.10
Assessment of patients with menorrhagia: how valid is a structured clinical history as a measure of health status? Qual Life Res (1995) 1.10
The SF 36 health survey questionnaire. A valid measure of health status... BMJ (1993) 1.09
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