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missed abortion

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missed abortion [′mist ə′bȯr·shən]
(medicine)
A condition in which a fetus weighing less than 500 grams dies and remains in the uterus for an extended period of time.
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Pregnancy outcome was categorized as "live birth," "elective termination," "late fetal death" (gestational age 20 or more weeks), and "early fetal death" (gestational age less than 20 weeks or, if the gestational age was not known, that the pregnancy's result was reported as a spontaneous abortion, missed abortion, or miscarriage).
Descriptive epidemiology of cystic hygroma: Hawaii, 1986 to 1999 by Merz, Ruth D. / Southern Medical Journal
MISSED abortion in which the foetus dies in the uterus but remains there.
Dr Miriam Stoppard's Health Focus Today: Miscarriage by The Mirror (London, England)
Spontaneous abortion was defined as any of the following diagnoses [as coded by the International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision (ICD9)]: spontaneous abortion (ICD9 codes 6,340-6,349), ovum abortivum (ICD9 code 6,310), or missed abortion (ICD9 code 6,320).
Chernobyl Fallout and Outcome of Pregnancy in Finland by Rytomaa, Tapio / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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