Subinvolution of the placental site as an anatomic cause of postpartum uterine bleeding: A review

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1538-1542

  Weydert, Jamie A ^a,b   Benda, Jo Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b 5239C RCP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURETTAGE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBINVOLUTION OF THE PLACENTAL SITE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERUS DISEASE;

ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PLACENTA DISEASES; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS;

EID: 33749479521     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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