Exaggerated placental site lesion with unusual presentation in the cervix of a perimenopausal patient

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Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-162

  Stolnicu, Simona ^a   Radulescu, Doinita ^b   González Rocha, Talina ^c   Timar, Irina ^a   Puscasiu, Lucian ^a   Nogales, Francisco F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervix; Implantation site; Intermediate trophoblast; Placental site lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY WALL; CASE REPORT; CELL INVASION; CLIMACTERIUM; EXAGGERATED PLACENTAL SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LETTER; METRORRHAGIA; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 40449124047     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2008.00892.x     Document Type: Letter

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