"Fetal Development" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Morphological and physiological development of FETUSES.
| Descriptor ID |
D047109
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.345.500.325.235 G08.686.784.170.157
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fetal Development" by people in Profiles.
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Relationship between gestational weight gain with fetal body composition and organ volumes in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Fetal Dimensional Study: a prospective pregnancy cohort. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Feb; 121(2):367-375.
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Maternal Glycemic Status and Longitudinal Fetal Body Composition and Organ Volumes Based on Three-Dimensional Ultrasonography. Diabetes Care. 2024 Dec 01; 47(12):2180-2188.
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Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Pregnancies without Congenital Transmission Is Associated with Reduced Fetal Growth: A Cross-Sectional Study in Argentina, Honduras, and Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Jul 03; 111(1):64-72.
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Multiethnic growth standards for fetal body composition and organ volumes derived from 3D ultrasonography. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Mar; 232(3):324.e1-324.e160.
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Growth charts for use at birth and in the neonatal period: Recommendations of the French Neonatal Society. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2024 Aug; 79(2):352-361.
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Maternal rest improves growth in small-for-gestational-age fetuses (<10th percentile). Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Jan; 232(1):118.e1-118.e12.
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The NICHD Fetal 3D Study: A Pregnancy Cohort Study of Fetal Body Composition and Volumes. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 04 08; 193(4):580-595.
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Leptin deficiency, a potential mechanism for impaired fetal lung development in uteroplacental insufficiency? Pediatr Res. 2024 May; 95(6):1410-1411.
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Proceedings of the 15th International Newborn Brain Conference: Fetal and/or neonatal brain development, both normal and abnormal. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2024; 17(3):S285-S316.
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Versican provides the provisional matrix for uterine spiral artery dilation and fetal growth. Matrix Biol. 2023 01; 115:16-31.