"Preconception Care" 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.
An organized and comprehensive program of health care that identifies and reduces a woman's reproductive risks before conception through risk assessment, health promotion, and interventions. Preconception care programs may be designed to include the male partner in providing counseling and educational information in preparation for fatherhood, such as genetic counseling and testing, financial and family planning, etc. This concept is different from PRENATAL CARE, which occurs during pregnancy.
| Descriptor ID |
D016742
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.775 N02.421.143.620.620 N02.421.585.775 N02.421.920.660
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Preconception Care" by people in Profiles.
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Pregnancy in Women with Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Cardiol Clin. 2021 Feb; 39(1):55-65.
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Introduction: Preconceptional care: do we have to care? Fertil Steril. 2019 10; 112(4):611-612.
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Comments on "A multicountry randomized controlled trial of comprehensive maternal nutrition supplementation initiated before conception: the Women First trial". Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 08 01; 110(2):526-527.
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Expanded Preconception Carrier Screening in Clinical Practice: Review of Technology, Guidelines, Implementation Challenges, and Ethical Quandaries. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 06; 62(2):217-227.
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Preconceptional care, where reproductive medicine meets obstetrics: the origins of lifetime health. Fertil Steril. 2019 04; 111(4):657-658.
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Should the reproductive risk of a couple aiming to conceive be tested in the contemporary clinical context? Fertil Steril. 2019 02; 111(2):229-238.
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To what extent is the testing of the reproductive risk of a couple aiming to conceive meaningful in the contemporary clinical context? Fertil Steril. 2019 02; 111(2):227-228.
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An application of data mining to identify potential risk factors for anophthalmia and microphthalmia. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2018 11; 32(6):545-555.
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Exome and genome sequencing in reproductive medicine. Fertil Steril. 2018 02; 109(2):213-220.
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Ethical quandaries around expanded carrier screening in third-party reproduction. Fertil Steril. 2018 02; 109(2):190-194.