"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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| 1996 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 1997 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 1998 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 1999 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2000 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2001 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2002 | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| 2003 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2004 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2005 | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| 2006 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2007 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 2008 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 2009 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2010 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2011 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2012 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 2013 | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| 2014 | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| 2015 | 2 | 26 | 28 |
| 2016 | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| 2017 | 5 | 32 | 37 |
| 2018 | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| 2019 | 1 | 49 | 50 |
| 2020 | 3 | 35 | 38 |
| 2021 | 2 | 41 | 43 |
| 2022 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2023 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2024 | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| 2025 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gestational Age" by people in Profiles.
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The relationship between preterm birth and postpartum anxiety: A first-in-field systematic review. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2026 Apr; 105:102715.
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Absent ductus arteriosus in Tetralogy of Fallot: early outcomes from a matched fetal cohort study. Cardiol Young. 2025 Dec; 35(12):2486-2493.
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Hospital variation in postoperative mortality among preterm infants. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Apr; 61(4):162924.
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Twin and Cotwin Predictors of Fetal Demise After Laser Photocoagulation Therapy in Advanced Stage Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: A Fetal Heart Society Research Collaborative Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Jan 06; 15(1):e045070.
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Developing a Multivariable Prediction Model to Identify a High-Volume Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Neonates Born Extremely Preterm. J Pediatr. 2026 04; 291:114965.
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Time to regain birthweight and in-hospital outcomes among United States-born extremely preterm newborns. Pediatr Res. 2026 Feb; 99(3):949-957.
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Benefits and risks of therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in late preterm infants. Pediatr Res. 2026 Jun; 99(5):1693-1697.
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Feeding outcomes of preterm infants discharged with feeding tubes. J Perinatol. 2025 Dec; 45(12):1772-1780.
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Perinatal outcome after single intrauterine death in monochorionic twin pregnancy: systematic review and meta-analysis. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2026 Feb; 67(2):136-146.
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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.