"Middle East" 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 region of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa usually considered as extending from Libya on the west to Afghanistan on the east. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988)
| Descriptor ID |
D008877
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.252.245.500
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Middle East" by people in Profiles.
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Burden of pertussis in infants in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and the impact of maternal vaccination: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jan 22; 25(1):268.
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A call from 40 public health scientists for an end to the continuing humanitarian and environmental catastrophe in Gaza. Environ Health. 2024 Jun 28; 23(1):59.
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Cardiovascular disease burden in the Middle East and North Africa region. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2024 Mar; 49(3):102341.
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Middle-East OBGYN graduate education (MOGGE) foundation practice guidelines: use of labor charts in management of labor. Practice guideline no. 04-O-21. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Dec; 35(25):7280-7289.
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Worldwide barriers to genetic testing for movement disorders. Eur J Neurol. 2021 06; 28(6):1901-1909.
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Pediatric posterior fossa tumors outcomes: Experience in a tertiary care center in the Middle East. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 10; 197:106170.
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Middle-East OBGYN Graduate Education (MOGGE) Foundation Practice Guidelines: Prelabor rupture of membranes; Practice guideline No. 01-O-19. J Glob Health. 2020 Jun; 10(1):010325.
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Global Survey of Outcomes of Neurocritical Care Patients: Analysis of the PRINCE Study Part 2. Neurocrit Care. 2020 02; 32(1):88-103.
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Worldwide Organization of Neurocritical Care: Results from the PRINCE Study Part 1. Neurocrit Care. 2020 02; 32(1):172-179.
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Analysis of enriched rare variants in JPH2-encoded junctophilin-2 among Greater Middle Eastern individuals reveals a novel homozygous variant associated with neonatal dilated cardiomyopathy. Sci Rep. 2019 06 21; 9(1):9038.