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Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Pregnancy Complications > Placenta Diseases > Placenta, Retained

Preferred term

Placenta, Retained  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Retained Placenta

Note

  • check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY

Scope note

  • A placenta that fails to be expelled after BIRTH of the FETUS. A PLACENTA is retained when the UTERUS fails to contract after the delivery of its content, or when the placenta is abnormally attached to the MYOMETRIUM.

History note

  • 95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018457

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