Placenta percreta and uterine rupture associated with prior whole body radiation therapy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 929-931

  Norwitz, Errol R ^a   Stern, Howard M ^b   Grier, Holcombe ^a   Lee Parritz, Aviva ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IONIZING RADIATION; MYOMETRIUM; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REPRODUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS RUPTURE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; RADIATION INJURIES; UTERINE RUPTURE; UTERUS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0034755322     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(01)01435-1     Document Type: Article

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