Obstetric implications of low-lying placentas diagnosed in the second trimester

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-17

  Ogueh, O ^a,b   Morin, L ^a   Usher, R H ^a   Benjamin, A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low lying placenta; Postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW LYING PLACENTA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE;

EID: 0141609045     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(03)00211-X     Document Type: Article

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