Complete resolution of diffuse placenta increta in a primigravida with twin pregnancy: Sonographic monitoring

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 363-366

  Cho, Fu Nan ^a   Liu, Cheng Bin ^a   Li, Ju Yueh ^a   Chen, San Nung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arterial embolization; Methotrexate; Obstetrics; Placenta increta; Sonography; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR STAGE 3; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958233891     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20768     Document Type: Article

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