 Premature Birth
"Premature Birth" 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.
CHILDBIRTH before 37 weeks of PREGNANCY (259 days from the first day of the mother's last menstrual period, or 245 days after FERTILIZATION).
| Descriptor ID |
D047928
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.703.420.491.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Premature Birth- Premature Birth
- Birth, Premature
- Births, Premature
- Premature Births
- Preterm Birth
- Birth, Preterm
- Births, Preterm
- Preterm Births
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| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2009 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2010 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2012 | 9 | 2 | 11 | | 2013 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2014 | 10 | 4 | 14 | | 2015 | 6 | 6 | 12 | | 2016 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2017 | 8 | 5 | 13 | | 2018 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2019 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2020 | 13 | 3 | 16 | | 2021 | 24 | 1 | 25 | | 2022 | 27 | 1 | 28 | | 2023 | 29 | 2 | 31 | | 2024 | 7 | 10 | 17 | | 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Premature Birth" by people in Profiles.
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McElwee ER, Hatchell D, Alshareef M, Mallah K, Hall H, Robinson H, Eskandari R, Chang E, Sullivan S, Tomlinson S. Complement Modulation Mitigates Inflammation-Mediated Preterm Birth and Fetal Neural Inflammation. Cells. 2025 Jul 08; 14(14).
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Maldonado LE, Adair LS, Dabelea DM, Farzan SF, Breton CV, Dunlop AL, MacKenzie DA, Bastain TM. Racial/ethnic-derived maternal diets predict birth outcomes better than a diet derived from a combined sample among Hispanic/Latina and non-Hispanic White pregnant individuals in the ECHO Cohort. Nutrition. 2025 10; 138:112832.
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Friedman A, Welch BM, Keil AP, Bloom MS, Braun JM, Buckley JP, Dabelea D, Factor-Litvak P, Meeker JD, Michels KB, Padmanabhan V, Starling AP, Weinberg CR, Aalborg J, Alshawabkeh AN, Barrett ES, Binder AM, Bradman A, Bush NR, Calafat AM, Cantonwine DE, Christenbury KE, Cordero JF, Engel SM, Eskenazi B, Harley KG, Hauser R, Herbstman JB, Holland N, James-Todd T, Jukic AMZ, Lanphear BP, McElrath TF, Messerlian C, Newman RB, Nguyen RHN, O'Brien KM, Rauh VA, Redmon JB, Rich DQ, Rosen EM, Sathyanarayana S, Schmidt RJ, Sparks AE, Swan SH, Wang C, Watkins DJ, Weinberger B, Wenzel AG, Wilcox AJ, Yolton K, Zhang Y, Zota AR, Ferguson KK. Periods of susceptibility for associations between phthalate exposure and preterm birth: Results from a pooled analysis of 16 US cohorts. Environ Int. 2025 Apr; 198:109392.
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Mayne G, DeWitt PE, Wen J, Schniedewind B, Dabelea D, Christians U, Hurt KJ. Adiponectin and Glucocorticoids Modulate Risk for Preterm Birth: The Healthy Start Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Jan 21; 110(2):523-533.
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Kuokkanen S, Seungdamrong A, Santoro N, Lieman H, Sun F, Wild R, Zhang H, Pal L. A relook at the relevance of thyroid stimulating hormone and thyroid autoimmunity for pregnancy outcomes: Analyses of randomized control trials data from Pregnancy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Assessment of Multiple Intrauterine Gestations from Ovarian Stimulation. Fertil Steril. 2025 May; 123(5):873-882.
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Chakraborty P, Reynolds CA, McKetta S, Soled KRS, Huang AK, Monseur B, Corman JD, Obedin-Maliver J, Eliassen AH, Chavarro JE, Austin SB, Everett B, Haneuse S, Charlton BM. Sexual Orientation-Related Disparities in Neonatal Outcomes. Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Dec 01; 144(6):843-851.
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Harper LM, Kuo HC, Boggess K, Dugoff L, Sibai B, Lawrence K, Hughes BL, Bell J, Aagaard K, Edwards RK, Gibson KS, Haas DM, Plante L, Metz TD, Casey BM, Esplin S, Longo S, Hoffman M, Saade GR, Hoppe K, Foroutan J, Tuuli MG, Owens MY, Simhan HN, Frey HA, Rosen T, Palatnik A, August P, Reddy UM, Kinzler W, Su EJ, Krishna I, Nguyen NA, Norton ME, Skupski D, El-Sayed YY, Galis ZS, Ambalavanan N, Oparil S, Szychowski JM, Tita ATN. Blood pressure control in pregnant patients with chronic hypertension and diabetes: should <130/80 be the target? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 May; 232(5):482.e1-482.e8.
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Fabiano N, Wong S, Gupta A, Tran J, Bhambra N, Min KK, Dragioti E, Barbui C, Fiedorowicz JG, Gosling CJ, Cortese S, Gandhi J, Saraf G, Shorr R, Vigod SN, Frey BN, Delorme R, Solmi M. Safety of psychotropic medications in pregnancy: an umbrella review. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Jan; 30(1):327-335.
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Getahun D, Liu IA, Sy LS, Glanz JM, Zerbo O, Vazquez-Benitez G, Nelson JC, Williams JT, Hambidge SJ, McLean HQ, Irving SA, Weintraub ES, Qian L. Safety of the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in 2 Successive Pregnancies. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2434857.
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Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Baer RJ, Oltman S, McKenzie-Sampson S, Afulani P, Amsalu R, Bell AJ, Blebu B, Blackman KCA, Chambers CD, Costello J, Fuchs J, Garay O, Karvonen KL, Kuppermann M, Lyndon A, McCulloch CE, Ong G, Ponting C, Rand L, Rogers EE, Ryckman KK, Spellen S, Subramaniam A, Swander L, Taylor KD, Williams S, Tabb KM. Risk and Protective Factors for Preterm Birth Among Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Groups in California. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2435887.
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