"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 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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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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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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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Pregnancy in Women with Cardiovascular Diseases. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2017 Oct-Dec; 13(4):209-215.
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Knowledge of periconceptional folic acid use among pregnant women at Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. East Mediterr Health J. 2014 Oct 12; 20(9):561-8.
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Preconceptional folic acid-containing supplement use in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2014 Jun; 100(6):472-82.
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Congenital heart disease in pregnancy. Cardiol Clin. 2012 Aug; 30(3):383-94.
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Directive counseling about becoming pregnant. Virtual Mentor. 2012 Feb 01; 14(2):94-8.
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Importance of folate-homocysteine homeostasis during early embryonic development. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2007; 45(12):1717-27.