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Incidence, risk factors, and maternal outcomes of major degree placenta previa

A 10-year retrospective analysis

Mehad H. AlQasem, Ayman H. Shaamash, Deama S. Al Ghamdi, Ahmed A. Mahfouz and Mamdoh A. Eskandar
Saudi Medical Journal September 2023, 44 (9) 912-920; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.9.20230112
Mehad H. AlQasem
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AlQasem, Shaamash, Al Ghamdi, Eskandar), College of Medicine, King Khalid University and Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital; and from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ayman H. Shaamash
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AlQasem, Shaamash, Al Ghamdi, Eskandar), College of Medicine, King Khalid University and Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital; and from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Deama S. Al Ghamdi
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AlQasem, Shaamash, Al Ghamdi, Eskandar), College of Medicine, King Khalid University and Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital; and from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmed A. Mahfouz
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AlQasem, Shaamash, Al Ghamdi, Eskandar), College of Medicine, King Khalid University and Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital; and from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mamdoh A. Eskandar
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AlQasem, Shaamash, Al Ghamdi, Eskandar), College of Medicine, King Khalid University and Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital; and from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 44 no. 9 912-920
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.9.20230112
PubMed 
37717966

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received February 14, 2023
  • Accepted July 25, 2023
  • Published online September 17, 2023.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Mehad H. AlQasem, SBOG, MBBCH,
  2. Ayman H. Shaamash, MD, MSc⇑,
  3. Deama S. Al Ghamdi, SBOG, MBBCH,
  4. Ahmed A. Mahfouz, PhD, MSc and
  5. Mamdoh A. Eskandar, FRCSC, MD
  1. From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AlQasem, Shaamash, Al Ghamdi, Eskandar), College of Medicine, King Khalid University and Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital; and from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Mahfouz), College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Prof. Ayman H. Shaamash, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University and Abha Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: ashaamash{at}kku.edu.sa
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Saudi Medical Journal Sep 2023, 44 (9) 912-920; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.9.20230112

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Mehad H. AlQasem, Ayman H. Shaamash, Deama S. Al Ghamdi, Ahmed A. Mahfouz, Mamdoh A. Eskandar
Saudi Medical Journal Sep 2023, 44 (9) 912-920; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.9.20230112
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