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Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Pregnancy Complications > Obstetric Labor Complications > Vasa Previa

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Vasa Previa  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Praevias, Vasa
  • Praevia, Vasa
  • Vasa Praevia
  • Vasa Praevias

Note

  • check the tags FEMALE and PREGNANCY

Scope note

  • Pregnancy complication where fetal blood vessels, normally inside the umbilical cord, are left unprotected and cross FETAL MEMBRANES. It is associated with antepartum bleeding and FETAL DEATH and STILLBIRTH due to exsanguination.

History note

  • 2010

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055949

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