An Easy to Miss, but Preventable Tragedy: Vasa Previa

Catarina Reis-de-Carvalho; Maria Afonso; Rui Marques Carvalho

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1713914

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia / RBGO Gynecology and Obstetrics, Table of Contents

CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2020; 42(08): 508-510
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713914

Letter to the Editor

An Easy to Miss, but Preventable Tragedy: Vasa Previa

Catarina Reis-de-Carvalho

¹Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal

²Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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Maria Afonso

¹Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal

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Rui Marques Carvalho

¹Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal

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