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Stillbirth

Stillbirth: Introduction

Stillbirth: Where a woman delivers a child who is dead. See free access online books about Stillbirth below. See detailed information below for a list of 265 causes of Stillbirth, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
 

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Misdiagnosis and Stillbirth

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Causes of Stillbirth listed in Disease Database:

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- (Source - Diseases Database)

Definitions of Stillbirth:

Stillbirth: The birth of an infant who has died before delivery.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Death of the developing young in utero. BIRTH of a dead FETUS is STILLBIRTH.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Detailed list of causes of Stillbirth

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See full list of 265 causes of Stillbirth

How Common are these Causes of Stillbirth?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Stillbirth. Of the 265 causes of Stillbirth that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 2 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "common" diseases
  • 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 1 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 10 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 253 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 265 causes of Stillbirth

Conditions listing symptoms: Stillbirth:

The following list of conditions have 'Stillbirth' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Symbols

  • 3-Hydroxyisobutyric aciduria ... stillbirth

    A

  • Acrofacial dysostosis Preis type ... stillbirth
  • Acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type ... stillbirth
  • Acrorenal syndrome ... death soon after birth
  • Agnathia-holoprosencephaly-situs inversus ... stillbirth
  • Al Gazali Hirschsprung syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Allanson-Pantzar-McLeod syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Anencephaly ... stillbirth
  • Anencephaly and spina bifida X-linked ... death soon after birth, stillbirth
  • Anophthalmia - hypyothalamo-pituitary insufficiency ... stillbirth
  • Anorectal atresia ... stillbirth
  • Aorto-ventricular tunnel ... death soon after birth
  • Astley-Kendall syndrome ... stillbirth

    B

  • Blomstrand syndrome ... death soon after birth, stillbirth
  • Bone dysplasia, lethal, Holmgren type ... stillbirth

    C

  • Calcitriol - Teratogenic Agent ... stillbirth
  • Campomelia Cumming type ... stillbirth
  • Chondrodysplasia punctata lethal neonatal ... stillbirth
  • Chromosome 1, duplication 1p21 p32 ... stillbirth
  • Chromosome 1, monosomy 1q32 q42 ... stillbirth
  • Chromosome 1, trisomy 1q32 qter ... stillbirth
  • Chromosome 10p terminal deletion syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Chromosome 16, uniparental disomy ... stillbirth
  • Chromosome 20, trisomy ... death soon after birth
  • Chromosome 21 monosomy ... death usually before birth or by 20 months
  • Cocaine fetopathy ... stillbirth
  • Colavita-Kozlowski syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Craniomicromelic syndrome ... death soon after birth, still birth
  • Cystic hygroma, lethal - cleft palate ... stillbirth
  • Czeizel syndrome ... stillbirth

    D

  • Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis ... stillbirth
  • Digitorenocerebral syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Diphallus - rachischisis - imperforate anus ... stillbirth
  • Dup (1) (q23-qter) and del (3)(pter-p25) ... death soon after birth
  • Dup(1) (q24-q31.2) ... death soon after birth

    E

  • Ellis-Yale-Winter syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Emerinopathy ... stillbirth
  • Epiphyseal stippling syndrome - osteoclastic hyperplasia ... stillbirth
  • Exencephaly ... death within hours of birth, stillbirth
  • Eye defects - arachnodactyly - cardiopathy ... stillbirth

    F

  • Familial intestinal polyatresia syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Female pseudohermaphrodism - anorectal anomalies ... stillbirth
  • Female reproductive toxicity - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ... stillbirth
  • Fetal akinesia syndrome, X-linked ... stillbirth
  • Fetal indomethacin syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Finnish lethal neonatal metabolic syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Fried-Goldberg-Mundel syndrome ... stillbirth

    G

  • Gay-Feinmesser-Cohen syndrome ... stillbirth

    H

  • Holoprosencephaly deletion 2p ... stillbirth
  • Human parvovirus B19 infection - fetal ... stillbirth
  • Hurst-Hallam-Hockey syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Hydrops fetalis syndrome due to Beta-thalassemia ... still birth

    I

  • Impossible syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Intrauterine infections ... stillbirth
  • Ives-Houston syndrome ... stillbirth

    J

  • Johnson-Hall-Krous syndrome ... stillbirth

    K

  • Kaplan-Plauchu-Fitch syndrome ... stillbirth

    L

  • Laryngeal web congenital heart disease short stature ... stillbirth
  • Lethal arthrogryposis with anterior horn cell disease ... death soon after birth, stillbirth
  • Lethal arthrogryposis with anterior horn cell disease (LAAHD) ... death soon after birth
  • Lethal congenital contracture syndrome (LCCS) ... stillbirth
  • Lethal congenital contracture syndrome 1 ... stillbirth
  • Lissencephaly type III - metacarpal bone dysplasia ... death soon after birth
  • Listeriosis - granulomatous infantiseptica ... stillbirth
  • Lobstein disease ... stillbirth

    M

  • Malformations in neuronal migration ... stillbirth
  • Maroteaux-Stanescu-Cousin syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Meckel syndrome type 2 ... stillbirth
  • Meckel syndrome type 3 ... stillbirth
  • Meckel syndrome, type 5 ... death soon after birth, stillbirth
  • Mefloquine - Teratogenic Agent ... stillbirth
  • Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, recessive type ... stillbirth
  • Microlissencephaly - micromelia ... stillbirth
  • Mullerian derivatives - lymphangiectasia - polydactyly ... stillbirth

    N

  • Novak syndrome ... stillbirth

    O

  • Oculo cerebro acral syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Oral facial digital syndrome, type 4 ... stillbirth

    P

  • Perinatal-lethal Gaucher disease ... death soon after birth
  • Placenta conditions ... stillbirth
  • Polydactyly visceral anomalies cleft lip palate ... stillbirth
  • Polyhydramnios ... stillbirth
  • Polysyndactyly - cardiac malformation ... stillbirth
  • Proximal spinal muscular atrophy ... stillbirth
  • Pulmonary hypoplasia familial primary ... stillbirth

    R

  • Radio renal syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Raine syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Renal dysplasia - limb defects syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Reproductive toxicity - Vinyl Chloride ... stillbirth
  • Rudd-Klimek syndrome ... stillbirth

    S

  • Saal-Bulas syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Samson-Viljoen syndrome ... still birth
  • Seckel-like syndrome, Majoor-Krakauer type ... stillbirth
  • Short limb dwarf lethal, Mcalister Crane type ... stillbirth
  • Short limb dwarfism, Al Gazali type ... stillbirth
  • Skeletal dysplasia, San Diego type ... stillbirth
  • Succinic acidemia ... stillbirth

    T

  • Thalamic degeneration symmetrical infantile ... stillbirth
  • Thanatophoric dysplasia, Glasgow variant ... stillbirth
  • Thymic-Renal-Anal-Lung dysplasia ... stillbirth
  • Tollner-Horst-Manzke syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Triploid syndrome ... stillbirth

    U

  • Urophathy distal obstructive polydactyly ... stillbirth

    W

  • Whole-body acute irradiation - cerebral syndrome ... death within hours
  • Whole-body acute irradiation - hematopoietic syndrome ... death usually within 4 weeks

    Conditions listing complications: Stillbirth:

    The following list of conditions have 'Stillbirth' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    Symbols

  • 11q Partial Trisomy ... stillbirth

    A

  • Aase-Smith I syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Achondrogenesis ... stillbirth
  • Achondrogenesis type 1A ... stillbirth
  • Achondrogenesis type 1A and 1B ... stillbirth
  • Achondrogenesis type 1B ... stillbirth
  • Achondrogenesis type 2 ... stillbirth
  • Achondrogenesis, Langer-Saldino Type ... stillbirth
  • Achondrogenesis, type 3 ... stillbirth
  • Acrorenal syndrome recessive ... stillbirth
  • Al Awadi syndrome ... death soon after birth
  • Al Awadi-Raas-Rothschild syndrome ... death soon after birth
  • Anophthalmia - megalocornea - cardiopathy - skeletal anomalies ... stillbirth
  • Arthrogryposis - renal dysfunction - cholestasis syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita - pulmonary hypoplasia ... stillbirth
  • Atelosteogenesis, type 2 ... stillbirth

    B

  • Blepharophimosis - nasal groove - growth delay ... stillbirth
  • Blepharophimosis - nasal groove - growth retardation ... still birth

    C

  • Cardioencephalomyopathy fatal infantile due to cytochrome c oxidase deficiency ... stillbirth
  • Cataract and cardiomyopathy ... stillbirth
  • Chondrodysplasia punctata, brachytelephalangic ... stillbirth
  • Chondrodystrophia calcificans congenita ... stillbirth
  • Chondrodystrophia punctata, autosomal dominant ... stillbirth
  • Chromosome 1, Partial Trisomy ... death soon after birth
  • Chromosome 1, pter-p36 ... death soon after birth, stillbirth
  • Chromosome 11, Partial Trisomy 11q ... stillbirth
  • Chromosome 21, monosomy 21q22 ... stillbirth
  • Chromosome 22, trisomy ... death soon after birth
  • Congenital microvillous atrophy ... stillbirth
  • Conradi-Huenermann Syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Conradi-Hunermann syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Cystic adenomatoid malformation of lung ... stillbirth

    D

  • Deletion 10pter ... stillbirth
  • Distal Trisomy 11q ... stillbirth
  • Dysgnathia complex ... stillbirth
  • Dysplastic cortical hyperostosis ... still birth

    E

  • Elliptocytosis 1 ... stillbirth

    F

  • Faciocardiorenal syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Familial visceral myopathy ... stillbirth
  • Fetal left ventricular aneurysm ... stillbirth
  • Fraser Syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Fraser-like syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Frontonasal dysplasia - phocomelic upper limbs ... stillbirth

    G

  • Generalized pustular psoriasis of pregnancy ... stillbirth
  • Grebe Syndrome ... stillbirth

    H

  • Heart defects - limb shortening ... stillbirth
  • HEM dysplasia ... stillbirth
  • Hemolytic anemia, lethal - genital anomalies ... stillbirth
  • Herrmann-Opitz craniosynostosi ... stillbirth
  • Holoprosencephaly - caudal dysgenesis ... stillbirth
  • Holoprosencephaly - ectrodactyly - cleft lip/palate ... stillbirth
  • Hydrocephaly corpus callosum agenesis diaphragmatic hernia ... Stillbirth
  • Hyperthermia induced defects ... stillbirth
  • Hypomandibular faciocranial dysostosis ... stillbirth
  • Hypoplastic thumbs - hydranencephaly ... stillbirth

    I

  • Ichthyosis - alopecia - eclabion - ectropion - mental retardation ... stillbirth

    J

  • Johnston Aarons Schelley syndrome ... stillbirth

    K

  • Kennerknecht-Sorgo-Oberhoffer syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Kleeblattschaedel syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Kniest-like dysplasia lethal ... stillbirth
  • Kosztolanyi syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Koussef nichols syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Kousseff-Nichols syndrome ... stillbirth

    L

  • Larsen-like syndrome, lethal form ... stillbirth
  • Larsen-like syndrome, lethal type ... stillbirth
  • Lateral body wall complex ... stillbirth
  • Lethal chondrodysplasia, Moerman type ... stillbirth
  • Lethal chondrodysplasia, Seller type ... stillbirth
  • Limb-body wall complex ... stillbirth
  • Listeriosis ... stillbirth
  • Lower limb anomaly - ureteral obstruction ... stillbirth
  • Lowry syndrome ... death soon after birth, stillbirth
  • Lurie-Kletsky syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Lyme disease ... stillbirth
  • Lymphangiomatosis, pulmonary ... stillbirth

    M

  • Mental retardation - myopathy - short stature - endocrine defect ... stillbirth
  • Microphthalmia syndromic, type 9 ... stillbirth
  • Monosomy 8q21 q22 ... stillbirth
  • Morse-Rawnsley-Sargent syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Multicystic Renal Dysplasia ... death soon after birth, stillbirth
  • Multicystic renal dysplasia, bilateral ... stillbirth
  • Multiple congenital anomalies - mental retardation - growth failure and cleft lip/ palate ... stillbirth

    N

  • Neonatal hepatitis ... stillbirth

    O

  • Oto-Palatal-digital syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Oto-palato-digital syndrome, type 2 ... stillbirth

    P

  • Perinatal hypophosphatasia ... stillbirth
  • Platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia, Torrance type ... stillbirth
  • Pontocerebellar hypoplasia with infantile spinal muscular atrophy ... stillbirth
  • Proud-Levine-Carpenter syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Pulmonary atresia - intact ventricular septum ... stillbirth
  • Pulmonary cystic lymphangiectasis ... stillbirth
  • Pulmonary lymphangiectasia, congenital ... stillbirth
  • Pyknoachondrogenesis ... stillbirth

    R

  • Rh Disease ... death soon after birth, stillbirth
  • Rhesus isoimmunisation ... stillbirth
  • Rokitansky Van Bogaert syndrome ... stillbirth

    S

  • Schneckenbecken dysplasia ... stillbirth
  • Short ribs - craniosynostosis - polysyndactyly ... stillbirth
  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, type 2 ... stillbirth
  • Smoking ... stillbirth
  • Spondylocostal dysostosis, autosomal recessive ... stillbirth
  • Symmetrical thalamic calcifications ... stillbirth
  • Syphilis ... stillbirth

    T

  • Tetraamelia - multiple malformations ... stillbirth
  • Tetraploidy ... stillbirth
  • Thakker-Donnai syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Thalassemia ... stillbirth
  • Thin ribs - tubular bones - dysmorphism ... stillbirth
  • Thomas-Jewett-Raines syndrome ... stillbirth
  • Thoraco abdominal enteric duplication ... stillbirth
  • Toxoplasmosis ... stillbirth
  • Tracheoesophageal fistula - hypospadias ... stillbirth
  • Transplacental infections ... stillbirth
  • Triose phosphate-isomerase deficiency ... stillbirth

    V

  • VACTERL with hydrocephalus, X-linked ... stillbirth
  • Vocal cord dysfunction familial ... stillbirth

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  • Causes of Stillbirth Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Stillbirth based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

    What are the alternative names for Stillbirth:

    Intrauterine death, Fetal death, Foetal mortality
    - (Source - Diseases Database)

    Classifications of Stillbirth:

    Medical Conditions associated with Stillbirth:

    Birth symptoms (581 causes), Miscarriage (113 causes), Pregnancy symptoms (316 causes)

    Symptoms related to Stillbirth:

    Premature birth, Birth complications, Pregnancy (316 causes), Death (345 causes), Achondrogenesis type 1B, Achondrogenesis, Type 1A, Atelosteogenesis type 1, Bloom's syndrome, Chagas' disease, Chorioamnionitis, Chromosome 13 trisomy syndrome, Chromosome 18 trisomy syndrome, De la Chapelle dysplasia, Down syndrome

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