Low-lying placenta: Who should be recalled for a follow-up scan?

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-162

  Copland, Jacqueline A ^a   Craw, Susan M ^a   Herbison, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Low lying placenta; Placenta praevia; Transabdominal; Transvaginal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PLACENTA PREVIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84859787215     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02350.x     Document Type: Article

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