"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 1995 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 1996 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 1997 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 1998 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 1999 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2000 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2001 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2002 | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| 2003 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2004 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2005 | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| 2006 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2007 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2008 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 2009 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2010 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2011 | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| 2012 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2013 | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| 2014 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| 2015 | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| 2016 | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| 2017 | 5 | 32 | 37 |
| 2018 | 1 | 37 | 38 |
| 2019 | 1 | 49 | 50 |
| 2020 | 3 | 34 | 37 |
| 2021 | 2 | 43 | 45 |
| 2022 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2023 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2024 | 5 | 29 | 34 |
| 2025 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gestational Age" by people in Profiles.
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Technical Advances and Outcomes of Fetal Atrial Septal Intervention for Restrictive or Intact Atrial Septum. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep; 18(9):e015209.
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Placental Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Levels Are Associated with Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Aug 23; 26(17).
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Survival to Hospital Discharge in the Fetus With Moderate to Severe Mitral Regurgitation Either in Isolation or in Combination With Aortic Valve Stenosis or?Atresia, a Fetal Heart Society Collaborative Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Aug 05; 14(15):e041677.
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Longitudinal study of infants born preterm (<33 weeks) or with a very low birth weight in the Ile de France region of France (SEV-IDF programme): cohort profile. BMJ Open. 2025 Jul 07; 15(7):e089953.
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Fetal Body Composition in Twins and Singletons. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Jun 01; 179(6):630-638.
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Trends in sex differences in neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely preterm infants. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2025 Apr 17; 110(3):269-278.
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Management and Outcomes in Isolated Congenital Aqueductal Stenosis: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Prenat Diagn. 2025 Apr; 45(4):521-530.
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Changes in Body Water Composition and Severity of Respiratory Disease in Very Preterm Infants. Respiration. 2025; 104(6):434-444.
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Prediction of survival in fetuses with left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Which method is better using MRI observed to expected total fetal lung volumes? Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2025 Apr; 307:241-246.
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Effect of early antibiotic exposure on necrotizing enterocolitis and growth in extremely preterm infants. Pediatr Res. 2025 Jul; 98(1):137-143.