Obstetric Labor, Premature

"Obstetric Labor, Premature" 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.

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Onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR before term (TERM BIRTH) but usually after the FETUS has become viable. In humans, it occurs sometime during the 29th through 38th week of PREGNANCY. TOCOLYSIS inhibits premature labor and can prevent the BIRTH of premature infants (INFANT, PREMATURE).

Descriptor ID	D007752
MeSH Number(s)	C13.703.420.491
Concept/Terms	Obstetric Labor, Premature Obstetric Labor, Premature Labor, Premature Obstetric Premature Labor Preterm Labor Labor, Preterm Labor, Premature Premature Obstetric Labor

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Diseases [C]
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications [C13]
Pregnancy Complications [C13.703]
Obstetric Labor Complications [C13.703.420]
Obstetric Labor, Premature [C13.703.420.491]

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Obstetric Labor, Premature
Premature Birth

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Bar chart showing 25 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1997 and 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	3	0	3
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	2	2
2002	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	0	1	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	2	1	3
2015	0	1	1
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	0	1
2024	1	0	1

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Qu M, Lu P, Lifshitz LM, Moore Simas TA, Delpapa E, ZhuGe R. Phenanthroline relaxes uterine contractions induced by diverse contractile agents by decreasing cytosolic calcium concentration. Eur J Pharmacol. 2024 Apr 05; 968:176343.

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Liff I, Zash R, Mingochi D, Gaonakala FT, Diseko M, Mayondi G, Johnson K, James K, Makhema J, Shapiro R, Wylie BJ. Mid-trimester cervical length not associated with HIV status among pregnant women in Botswana. PLoS One. 2020; 15(3):e0229500.

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Modest AM, Johnson KM, Karumanchi SA, Resetkova N, Young BC, Fox MP, Wise LA, Hacker MR. Risk of ischemic placental disease is increased following in vitro fertilization with oocyte donation: a retrospective cohort study. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2019 Sep; 36(9):1917-1926.

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Leng Y, Romero R, Xu Y, Galaz J, Slutsky R, Arenas-Hernandez M, Garcia-Flores V, Motomura K, Hassan SS, Reboldi A, Gomez-Lopez N. Are B cells altered in the decidua of women with preterm or term labor? Am J Reprod Immunol. 2019 05; 81(5):e13102.

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Frascoli M, Coniglio L, Witt R, Jeanty C, Fleck-Derderian S, Myers DE, Lee TH, Keating S, Busch MP, Norris PJ, Tang Q, Cruz G, Barcellos LF, Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, MacKenzie TC. Alloreactive fetal T cells promote uterine contractility in preterm labor via IFN-? and TNF-a. Sci Transl Med. 2018 04 25; 10(438).

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Zheng K, Lu P, Delpapa E, Bellve K, Deng R, Condon JC, Fogarty K, Lifshitz LM, Simas TAM, Shi F, ZhuGe R. Bitter taste receptors as targets for tocolytics in preterm labor therapy. FASEB J. 2017 09; 31(9):4037-4052.

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Habbema D, Weinmann S, Arbyn M, Kamineni A, Williams AE, M C M de Kok I, van Kemenade F, Field TS, van Rosmalen J, Brown ML. Harms of cervical cancer screening in the United States and the Netherlands. Int J Cancer. 2017 Mar 01; 140(5):1215-1222.

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Stetson B, Hibbard JU, Wilkins I, Leftwich H. Outcomes With Cerclage Alone Compared With Cerclage Plus 17a-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 11; 128(5):983-988.

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Gomez-Lopez N, Romero R, Xu Y, Miller D, Unkel R, C MacKenzie T, Frascoli M, Hassan SS. Umbilical cord CD71+ erythroid cells are reduced in neonates born to women in spontaneous preterm labor. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2016 10; 76(4):280-4.

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Boxer LA, Bolyard AA, Kelley ML, Marrero TM, Phan L, Bond JM, Newburger PE, Dale DC. Use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor during pregnancy in women with chronic neutropenia. Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Jan; 125(1):197-203.

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