 Uterine Cervical Incompetence
"Uterine Cervical Incompetence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Incompetent UTERINE CERVIX is usually diagnosed in the second trimester of PREGNANCY. It is characterized by passive painless cervical dilation in the absence of UTERINE CONTRACTION; BLEEDING; INFECTION; and sometimes with the amniotic sac (AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE) bulging through the partially dilated cervix. Left untreated, this condition may lead to premature pregnancy loss, such as HABITUAL ABORTION.
| Descriptor ID |
D002581
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.351.500.852.593.120 C13.703.039.089.339
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| Concept/Terms |
Uterine Cervical Incompetence- Uterine Cervical Incompetence
- Cervical Incompetence, Uterine
- Incompetence, Uterine Cervical
- Cervix Incompetence
- Incompetence, Cervix
- Incompetent Cervix
- Cervices, Incompetent
- Cervix, Incompetent
- Incompetent Cervices
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uterine Cervical Incompetence" by people in Profiles.
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Zaretsky MV, Rodriguez Riesco LG, Pan Z, Galan HL. Comparison of obstetrical outcomes in patients undergoing cerclage with or without amniocentesis. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Apr; 34(7):1104-1108.
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Jeanty P, d'Alton M, Romero R, Hobbins JC. Perineal scanning. Am J Perinatol. 1986 Oct; 3(4):289-95.
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Romero R, Reece EA, Duff GW, Coultrip L, Hobbins JC. Prenatal diagnosis of Candida albicans chorioamnionitis. Am J Perinatol. 1985 Apr; 2(2):121-2.
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