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MeSH Heading: Uterine Cervical Incompetence
Tree Number(s): C12.050.351.500.852.593.120; C12.050.703.039.089.339; C12.100.250.852.593.120
Unique ID: D002581
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002581
Annotation: check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Cervix Incompetence; Incompetent Cervix
Previous Indexing: Abortion, Habitual (1966-1972); Cervix Diseases (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see CERVIX INCOMPETENCE 1973-2005
History Note: 2006 (1973)
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0003939
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Uterine Cervical Incompetence Preferred Term
Term UI T642024
Date06/02/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Cervix Incompetence
Term UI T007502
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1973); Incompetent Cervix
Term UI T624624
Date12/17/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006)

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