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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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uterine Cervical Incompetence" by people in Profiles.
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Burwick RM, Lee GT, Benedict JL, Ross MG, Kjos SL. Blinded comparison of cervical portio length measurements by digital examination vs Cervilenz. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 May; 200(5):e37-9.