Placenta previa: distance to internal os and mode of delivery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266.e1-266.e5

  Vergani, Patrizia ^a   Ornaghi, Sara ^a   Pozzi, Ilaria ^a   Beretta, Pietro ^a   Russo, Francesca Maria ^a   Follesa, Ilaria ^a   Ghidini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cesarean section delivery; placenta previa; transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 69349095588     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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