Placenta accreta, increta, and percreta: Lifesaving strategies to stop the bleeding

Contemporary Ob/Gyn

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 48-53

  Stafford, Irene ^a   Belfort, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

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EID: 43549124113     PISSN: 00903159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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