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Elevated maternal serum α-fetoprotein associated with placenta accreta

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Norman A. Ginsberg, Marry Ellen Fausone & Melvin Gerbie

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Genetics, Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Michael Applebaum & Yury Verlinsky

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Ginsberg, N.A., Fausone, M.E., Gerbie, M. et al. Elevated maternal serum α-fetoprotein associated with placenta accreta. J Assist Reprod Genet 9, 497–500 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01204059

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