Diseases

Threatened Abortion

UTERINE BLEEDING from a GESTATION of less than 20 weeks without any CERVICAL DILATATION. It is characterized by vaginal bleeding, lower back discomfort, or midline pelvic cramping and a risk factor for MISCARRIAGE.

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Abstract

UTERINE BLEEDING from a GESTATION of less than 20 weeks without any CERVICAL DILATATION. It is characterized by vaginal bleeding, lower back discomfort, or midline pelvic cramping and a risk factor for MISCARRIAGE.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Abortion, Threatened
  • Threatened Miscarriage
  • Miscarriage, Threatened
  • Threatened Abortions
  • Threatened Miscarriages

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Aspects Covered

32 allowable subheadings

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

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Tree Number

  1. C12.050.703w.090

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NLM Classification

WQ 225

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Threatened Abortion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000033. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000033
  2. Threatened Abortion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10889918