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Placenta accreta spectrum: “placenta accreta” is still used

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FIGO:

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

PAS:

Placenta accreta spectrum

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Matsubara, S. Placenta accreta spectrum: “placenta accreta” is still used. Arch Gynecol Obstet 303, 1629–1630 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-020-05931-6

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