Cervico-isthmic corporeal pregnancy with delivery at term: a review of the literature with a case report

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 335-344

  Avery, Daniel M ^a   Wells, Michael A ^a   Harper, Diane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CERVICOISTHMIC CORPOREAL PREGNANCY; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; GYNECOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; RARE DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX PREGNANCY; UTERUS; VAGINA BLEEDING; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HYSTERECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS BLEEDING;

CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 67449107337     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: 15339866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OGX.0b013e31819f95ff     Document Type: Review

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