Diseases

Hydrops Fetalis

Abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in two or more fetal compartments, such as SKIN; PLEURA; PERICARDIUM; PLACENTA; PERITONEUM; AMNIOTIC FLUID. General fetal EDEMA may be of non-immunologic origin, or of immunologic origin as in the case of ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS.

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Abstract

Abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in two or more fetal compartments, such as SKIN; PLEURA; PERICARDIUM; PLACENTA; PERITONEUM; AMNIOTIC FLUID. General fetal EDEMA may be of non-immunologic origin, or of immunologic origin as in the case of ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS.

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26 entry terms
  • Edema, Fetal
  • Fetal Edema
  • Fetal Hydrops
  • Hydrops, Fetal
  • Familial Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis
  • Hydrops Fetalis Nonimmune
  • Hydrops Fetalis, Idiopathic
  • Hydrops Fetalis, Immune
  • Hydrops Fetalis, Non-Immune
  • Hydrops Fetalis, Nonimmune
  • Idiopathic Hydrops Fetalis
  • Immune Hydrops Fetalis
  • Non-Immune Hydrops Fetalis
  • Familial Non Immune Hydrops Fetalis
  • Fetali, Idiopathic Hydrops
  • Fetalis Nonimmune, Hydrops
  • Fetalis Nonimmunes, Hydrops
  • Fetalis, Idiopathic Hydrops
  • Hydrops Fetali, Idiopathic
  • Hydrops Fetali, Nonimmune
  • Hydrops Fetalis Nonimmunes
  • Idiopathic Hydrops Fetali
  • Nonimmune Hydrops Fetali
  • Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis
  • Nonimmune, Hydrops Fetalis
  • Nonimmunes, Hydrops Fetalis

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32 allowable subheadings

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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Previous Indexing

  • Edema (1966-1988)
  • Fetal Diseases (1966-1988)

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  1. C12.050.703w.277.060w.480w
  2. C15.378w.295w.480w
  3. C15.378w.420w.826w.100w.350w
  4. C16w.300.060w.480w
  5. C16w.320w.365w.826w.100w.350w
  6. C20w.306w.480w
  7. C23.888w.277w.395w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hydrops Fetalis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015160. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015160
  2. Hydrops Fetalis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrops_fetalis
  3. Hydrops Fetalis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1679678