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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	G07.345.500.325.235.968 G08.686.320
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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Gestational Age".

Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Growth and Development [G07.345]
Morphogenesis [G07.345.500]
Embryonic and Fetal Development [G07.345.500.325]
Fetal Development [G07.345.500.325.235]
Gestational Age [G07.345.500.325.235.968]
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena [G08]
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena [G08.686]
Gestational Age [G08.686.320]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Gestational Age".

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Bar chart showing 160 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2021 and 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	4	4
1997	0	2	2
1999	0	2	2
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	4	4
2003	0	2	2
2004	0	2	2
2005	0	8	8
2006	0	1	1
2007	2	8	10
2008	0	7	7
2009	1	7	8
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	6	6
2012	0	7	7
2013	1	4	5
2014	0	6	6
2015	0	6	6
2016	0	8	8
2017	0	7	7
2018	0	7	7
2019	0	5	5
2020	0	8	8
2021	0	11	11
2022	0	6	6
2023	0	4	4
2024	1	5	6
2025	1	10	11
2026	0	3	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Gestational Age" by people in Profiles.

Link-Sourani D, Avisdris N, Shao X, Schonberger D, Rabinowich A, Fadida BS, Wexler Y, Joskowicz L, Sira LB, Hiersch L, Wang DJJ, Bashat DB. In Vivo Assessment of Placental Structure and Perfusion in Late-Gestation Pregnancies and Their Association With Fetal Growth. NMR Biomed. 2026 Aug; 39(8):e70346.

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Hooper SR, Joseph RM, O Shea TM, Kuban KCK, Singh R, Frazier JA, Taylor G, Tan X, Fry RC, Santos HP. Early predictors of cognitive trajectories from birth to adolescence in children born extremely preterm. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2026 Nov; 68(11):1551-1560.

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Herning A, Turcu R, Bleiler C, Slater C, Froman A, Mannan J, Wachman EM. Correlation of NICU Withdrawal Assessment Scale with the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool in a Cohort of Critically Ill Infants with Opioid Withdrawal. Am J Perinatol. 2026 09; 43(12):1693-1696.

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Von Klein EE, Foster C, Zickafoose J, Parker MG, Patrick SW, Roumie CL, Gonzales G. Parental Health After Preterm Birth: Insights From the National Survey of Children's Health. Acad Pediatr. 2026 03; 26(2):103182.

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Soares RR, Cai L, Samuelson A, Bowe T, Huang C, Beca FA, Hinkle J, Patel SN, Musch D, Vartanian RJ, Vander JF, Ho AC, Spirn M, Klufas MA, Xu D, Besirli CG, Yonekawa Y. Geographic and socioeconomic disparities to retinopathy of prematurity treatment. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2026 Jan; 264(1):261-267.

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DiTosto JD, Zash R, Jacobson DL, Johnson K, Diseko M, Mayondi G, Mabuta J, Mmalane M, Makhema J, Mumford SL, Lockman S, Shapiro R, Caniglia EC. Safety of Antihypertensive Medication for the Management of Non-Severe Gestational Hypertension Among Pregnant Individuals in Botswana-Emulating a Series of Target Trials. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2026 Feb; 40(2):248-260.

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Sriram S, Jensen ET, Msall ME, Yi JX, Zhabotynski V, Joseph RM, Kuban KCK, Frazier JA, Hooper SR, Santos HP, Gogcu S, Dammann C, Dammann O, Shenberger J, Fry RC, O'Shea TM. Retinopathy of Prematurity and Neurodevelopmental and Quality-of-Life Outcomes at 10 Years of Age. Am J Perinatol. 2026 04; 43(5):691-706.

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Thai TN, Smolinski NE, Nduaguba S, Zhu Y, Bird S, Straub L, Bateman BT, Hernández-Díaz S, Huybrechts KF, Rasmussen SA, Winterstein AG. Development and validation of an algorithm to predict stillbirth gestational age in Medicaid billing records. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 08 05; 194(8):2295-2303.

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Asirwatham A, Loke R, Rose S, Ho J, Leung K, Leftwich HK. Neonatal Hypoglycemia after Antenatal Late Preterm Steroids. Am J Perinatol. 2026 04; 43(5):616-620.

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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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