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MeSH Heading: Pre-Eclampsia
Tree Number(s): C12.050.703.395.249
Unique ID: D011225
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011225
Annotation: check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY
Scope Note: A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease.
Entry Term(s): EPH Complex; EPH Gestosis; EPH Toxemias; Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension Gestosis; Gestosis, EPH; Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria Gestosis; Preeclampsia; Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1; Pregnancy Toxemias; Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension Gestosis; Toxemia Of Pregnancy; Toxemias, Pregnancy
NLM Classification #: WQ 215
Previous Indexing: Pregnancy Toxemias (1966-1974)
See Also: Toxemia
Public MeSH Note: 1979; see PREGNANCY TOXEMIAS 1963-1978; for PREGNANCY TOXEMIAS see PREGNANCY TOXEMIAS 1963-2004; for EDEMA-PROTEINURIA-HYPERTENSION GESTOSIS see GESTOSIS, EPH 1989-2004
History Note: 1979(1963)
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/04/26

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)

Urogenital Diseases [C12]
- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications [C12.050]
  - Pregnancy Complications [C12.050.703]
    - Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced [C12.050.703.395]

Pre-Eclampsia Preferred

Concept UI: M0017443
Scope Note: A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease.
Terms: Pre-Eclampsia Preferred Term
Term UI T033071
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Preeclampsia
Term UI T033072
Date12/07/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Pregnancy Toxemias
Term UI T033179
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension Gestosis
Term UI T044390
Date04/19/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria Gestosis
Term UI T044391
Date04/19/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension Gestosis
Term UI T044392
Date04/19/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); EPH Complex
Term UI T044393
Date04/19/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); EPH Toxemias
Term UI T044394
Date04/19/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); EPH Gestosis
Term UI T044395
Date04/19/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Gestosis, EPH
Term UI T044396
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1989); Toxemias, Pregnancy
Term UI T557546
Date11/06/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Toxemia Of Pregnancy
Term UI T811836
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013)

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