Recent advances in the management of placenta previa

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 447-451

  Bhide, Amar ^a   Thilaganathan, Basky ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antepartum haemorrhage; Low lying placenta; Placenta accreta; Placenta previa; Vasa previa

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VASA PREVIA; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 16644374591     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200412000-00002     Document Type: Review

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