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Abstract
Onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR before term (TERM BIRTH) but usually after the FETUS has become viable. In humans, it occurs sometime during the 29th through 38th week of PREGNANCY. TOCOLYSIS inhibits premature labor and can prevent the BIRTH of premature infants (INFANT, PREMATURE).
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6 entry terms
- Labor, Premature
- Obstetric Labor, Premature
- Premature Labor
- Preterm Labor
- Labor, Premature Obstetric
- Labor, Preterm
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH is also available
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2006 (1964)
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- National Library of Medicine. Premature Obstetric Labor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007752. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007752
- Premature Obstetric Labor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18966545