 Gestational Age
"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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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 1998 | 0 | 10 | 10 | | 1999 | 1 | 11 | 12 | | 2000 | 1 | 12 | 13 | | 2001 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 2002 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2003 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2004 | 0 | 10 | 10 | | 2005 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2006 | 0 | 10 | 10 | | 2007 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2008 | 1 | 11 | 12 | | 2009 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2010 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2011 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2012 | 2 | 16 | 18 | | 2013 | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 2014 | 1 | 23 | 24 | | 2015 | 0 | 19 | 19 | | 2016 | 5 | 17 | 22 | | 2017 | 4 | 22 | 26 | | 2018 | 3 | 44 | 47 | | 2019 | 1 | 34 | 35 | | 2020 | 1 | 28 | 29 | | 2021 | 4 | 37 | 41 | | 2022 | 0 | 28 | 28 | | 2023 | 1 | 26 | 27 | | 2024 | 7 | 25 | 32 | | 2025 | 0 | 18 | 18 | | 2026 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gestational Age" by people in Profiles.
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Singh P, Kumar S, Tyagi R, Young BK, Jordan BK, Scottoline B, Evers PD, Ostmo S, Coyner AS, Lin WC, Gupta A, Erdogmus D, Chan RVP, McCourt EA, Barry JS, McEvoy CT, Chiang MF, Campbell JP, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Deep Learning-Based Prediction of Cardiopulmonary Disease in Retinal Images of Premature Infants. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2026 Mar 01; 144(3):230-237.
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Tran MD, Baer RJ, Bandoli G, Robbins SL, Granet D, Chambers CD, Rudell JC. The relationship between maternal cannabis use disorder diagnosis and the development of retinopathy of prematurity. J AAPOS. 2026 Feb; 30(1):104748.
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Guha A, Hunter SK, Legget KT, McHugo M, Tregellas JR. Greater Increase in Hippocampal Activity During the Early Postnatal Period After Preterm Birth Is Associated With Better Cognitive and Motor Outcomes at 18 Months. Dev Neurobiol. 2026 Jan; 86(1):e23018.
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Dear TB, Chang EI, Al-Juboori SI, Stremming J, Wesolowski SR, Jonker SS, Rozance PJ, Dobrinskikh E, Brown LD. Slow-twitch oxidative myofiber proportions and capillary number per myofiber are reduced in growth-restricted fetal sheep. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2025 Dec 01; 329(6):R907-R919.
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Parker M, Shay R, Weikel BW, Hannan K. Endotracheal tube exchange in preterm infants with evolving chronic lung disease: safety, outcomes, and impacts on pulmonary mechanics. J Perinatol. 2026 Jan; 46(1):38-42.
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Turner MJ, Griffin R, Schuh M, Sanderson K, Slagle C, Menon S, Askenazi D, Gist K. Acute kidney injury and subsequent risk of late-onset infection among extremely low gestational age newborns. J Perinatol. 2025 Oct; 45(10):1450-1455.
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Klements E, Peterson RL, Anastasiadis WA, Dichiaro M, Connery AK. Risk factors and outcomes in preterm versus full-term infants with abusive head trauma: A retrospective comparative study. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Nov; 169(Pt 2):107657.
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Weerasingha SD, Selvaratnam RJ, Davey MA, Butler SE, Palmer KR, Davies-Tuck ML. Optimal Timing of Term Births by Maternal Region of Birth: Elective Induction of Labor Compared to Expectant Management in Victoria, Australia. Birth. 2026 Mar; 53(1):108-119.
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Aoyama BC, Collaco JM, Agarwal A, Akangire G, Austin ED, Bansal M, Bhandari A, Ioana Cristea A, Hayden LP, Levin JC, Manimtim WM, Miller AN, Moore PE, Popova AP, Rhein LM, Sheils CA, Abman SH, Baker CD, Dawson SK, Abul MH, Henningfeld JK, Lagatta JM, Siddaiah R, Stephenson N, Toprak D, McGrath-Morrow SA. Allergy and atopic phenotype are associated with earlier gestation and severity of respiratory symptoms in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatr Res. 2026 Jan; 99(1):209-214.
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Sharma M, Brown AW, Chung S, Sexton KW, Schootman M, Mourani PM. Race Is an Incomplete Surrogate for Skin Pigmentation in Neonates, with Potential Relevance for Pulse Oximetry. J Pediatr. 2025 11; 286:114720.
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