Fetal Resorption
"Fetal Resorption" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The disintegration and assimilation of the dead FETUS in the UTERUS at any stage after the completion of organogenesis which, in humans, is after the 9th week of GESTATION. It does not include embryo resorption (see EMBRYO LOSS).
| Descriptor ID |
D005327
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.703.223.300 C23.550.260.585.260
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| Concept/Terms |
Fetal Resorption- Fetal Resorption
- Fetal Resorptions
- Resorption, Fetal
- Resorptions, Fetal
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