"Labor Onset" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The beginning of true OBSTETRIC LABOR which is characterized by the cyclic uterine contractions of increasing frequency, duration, and strength causing CERVICAL DILATATION to begin (LABOR STAGE, FIRST ).
| Descriptor ID |
D007745
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.784.769.326.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Labor Onset- Labor Onset
- Labor Onsets
- Onset, Labor
- Onsets, Labor
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L?pez Bernal A, Bryant-Greenwood GD, Hansell DJ, Hicks BR, Greenwood FC, Turnbull AC. Effect of relaxin on prostaglandin E production by human amnion: changes in relation to the onset of labour. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1987 Nov; 94(11):1045-51.