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Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Pregnancy Complications > Fetal Diseases > Nuchal Cord
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Fetal Diseases > Nuchal Cord

Preferred term

Nuchal Cord  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cord Entanglements, Fetal
  • Fetal Cord Entanglement
  • Fetal Cord Entanglements

Scope note

  • A complication of pregnancy in which the UMBILICAL CORD wraps around the fetal neck once or multiple times. In some cases, cord entanglement around fetal neck may not affect pregnancy outcome significantly. In others, the nuchal cord may lead to restricted fetal blood flow, oxygen transport, fetal development, fetal movement, and complicated delivery at birth.

History note

  • 2007

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053589

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