American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 3 , Pages 266.e1-266.e5 , September 2009

Placenta previa: distance to internal os and mode of delivery

Received 30 September 2008 ,Revised 5 December 2008 ,Accepted 1 June 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Vergani P, Ornaghi S, Pozzi I, et al. Placenta previa: distance to internal os and mode of delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:266.e1-5.

 Authorship and contribution to the article is limited to the 7 authors indicated. There was no outside funding or technical assistance with the production of this article.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00629-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.009

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 3 , Pages 266.e1-266.e5 , September 2009