Cesarean scar pregnancy and early placenta accreta share common histology

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 383-395

  Timor Tritsch, I E ^a   Monteagudo, A ^a   Cali, G ^b   Palacios Jaraquemada, J M ^c   Maymon, R ^d   Arslan, A A ^a   Patil, N ^e   Popiolek, D ^a   Mittal, K R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c CEMIC   (Argentina)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean section scar; early placenta accreta; morbidly adherent placenta; placental histology

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; SCAR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 84897548485     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13282     Document Type: Review

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