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Patients exposed to unnecessary risk.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Dr. James A. McGregor, a well-known gynecologist and specialist in infectious diseases, opined that mifepristone in medical abortion interferes with the patient's immune response to infection, causing death because of Clostridium sordellii in some cases ("Mifepristone Deaths Raise Unanswered Questions," Oct. 1, 2005, p. 13).
The package insert for the drug has been revised, and Dr. McGregor also advised early diagnosis and treatment of this unfortunate complication of medical abortion.
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