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Dr. Urvashi Miglani is Specialist (Obs And Gynae) in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, New Delhi, India; Dr. Poonam Laul is Senior Specialist (Obs And Gynae) in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, New Delhi, India; Dr. Puneet Chhibber is Senior Specialist and HOU in Department of Surgery, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, New Delhi, India; Dr. V. K. Kadam is Consultant and Ex HOD (Obs And Gynae) in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, New Delhi, India and currently Medical Superintendent in Rao Tula Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India; Dr. Neha Jain is Senior Resident in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, New Delhi, India.
There should be a high degree of clinical suspicion for accrete syndromes in all cases of placenta previa with previous surgery or those presenting with hematuria.
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Miglani, U., Laul, P., Chhibber, P. et al. Gross Hematuria in Pregnancy: An Enigma. J Obstet Gynecol India 69, 467–469 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-019-01231-5
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