Diseases

Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes

Spontaneous tearing of the membranes surrounding the FETUS any time before the onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR. Preterm PROM is membrane rupture before 37 weeks of GESTATION.

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Abstract

Spontaneous tearing of the membranes surrounding the FETUS any time before the onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR. Preterm PROM is membrane rupture before 37 weeks of GESTATION.

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  • Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
  • PROM (Pregnancy)
  • Premature Rupture of Membrane (Pregnancy)
  • Membrane Premature Rupture (Pregnancy)
  • Membrane Premature Ruptures (Pregnancy)
  • PPROM
  • Preterm PROM (Pregnancy)
  • Preterm Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes
  • Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes
  • PROM, Preterm (Pregnancy)

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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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  • Fetal Membranes (1966-1974)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005322. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005322
  2. Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelabor_rupture_of_membranes
  3. Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11703370