"Gestational Age" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated as the time from the last day of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization.
| Descriptor ID |
D005865
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.345.500.325.235.968 G08.686.320
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| Concept/Terms |
Gestational Age- Gestational Age
- Age, Gestational
- Ages, Gestational
- Gestational Ages
- Maturity, Chronologic Fetal
- Chronologic Fetal Maturity
- Fetal Maturity, Chronologic
- Fetal Age
- Age, Fetal
- Ages, Fetal
- Fetal Ages
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gestational Age" by people in Profiles.
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Mother's Own Milk Provision During the First 12 Weeks of Life by Gestational Age. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250024.
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Post-abortion Complications: A Narrative Review for Emergency Clinicians. West J Emerg Med. 2022 Oct 23; 23(6):919-925.
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Near fatal interstitial pregnancy. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Jul; 57:235.e5-235.e8.
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A Potential Role for the NOD1 Variant (rs6958571) in Gram-Positive Blood Stream Infection in ELBW Infants. Neonatology. 2017; 112(4):354-358.
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Evidence of Early Pulmonary Hypertension Is Associated with Increased Mortality in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Am J Perinatol. 2017 07; 34(8):801-807.
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Severe pneumonia caused by adenovirus 7 in pregnant woman: Case report and review of the literature. J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2016 Sep; 42(9):1194-7.
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When Timing Is Everything: Are Placental MRI Examinations Performed Before 24 Weeks' Gestational Age Reliable? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Sep; 205(3):685-92.
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Ventricular relaxation in the stage 24 chick embryo following changes in volume and blockade of Na+ and Ca2+ channels. Cardiovasc Res. 1996 Feb; 31 Spec No:E139-44.