Diseases

Cephalopelvic Disproportion

A condition in which the HEAD of the FETUS is larger than the mother's PELVIS through which the fetal head must pass during a vaginal delivery.

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Abstract

A condition in which the HEAD of the FETUS is larger than the mother's PELVIS through which the fetal head must pass during a vaginal delivery.

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  • Disproportion, Cephalopelvic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2006; use LABOR COOMPLICATIONS 1992-2005

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cephalopelvic Disproportion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052178. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052178
  2. Cephalopelvic Disproportion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopelvic_disproportion
  3. Cephalopelvic Disproportion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3030582