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Causes of antepartum haemorrhage

The causes of APH are as listed in Box 22.1. The most important are placenta praevia, placental abruption, placenta accreta, and vasa praevia; these, however, account for only about 50% of all cases (7, 9). APH of unknown origin which makes up the remaining is a

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Source: Arulkumaran S., Ledger W., Denny L., Doumouchtsis S. (eds.). Oxford Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Oxford University Press,2020. — 928 p.. 2020
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