"Fetus" 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 unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN.
| Descriptor ID |
D005333
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.378
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| Concept/Terms |
Fetal Structures- Fetal Structures
- Fetal Structure
- Structure, Fetal
- Structures, Fetal
Fetal Tissue- Fetal Tissue
- Fetal Tissues
- Tissue, Fetal
- Tissues, Fetal
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fetus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fetus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fetus" by people in Profiles.
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Michel A, Fontenot H. Adequate Prenatal Care: An Integrative Review. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2023 03; 68(2):233-247.
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Ross MG, van Gemert MJC. Why does fetal head rotation occur in spontaneous labor? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 11; 225(5):589.
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Dou Y, Schindewolf E, Crowley TB, McGinn DM, Moldenhauer JS, Coleman B, Oliver ER, Sullivan KE. The Association of Fetal Thymus Size with Subsequent T Cell Counts in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. J Clin Immunol. 2020 07; 40(5):783-785.
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Gallo LG, Martinez-Cajas J, Peixoto HM, Pereira ACEDS, Carter JE, McKeown S, Schaub B, Ventura CV, de Fran?a GVA, Pomar L, Ventura LO, Nerurkar VR, de Ara?jo WN, Velez MP. Another piece of the Zika puzzle: assessing the associated factors to microcephaly in a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 2020 Jun 01; 20(1):827.
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Myers KO, Ibrahimou B, Yusuf KK, Mauck DE, Salihu HM. The effect of maternal vitamin C intake on fetal telomere length. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Apr; 34(7):1143-1148.
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Diogo R, Ziermann JM, Smith C, Alghamdi M, Fuentes JSM, Duerinckx A. First use of anatomical networks to study modularity and integration of heads, forelimbs and hindlimbs in abnormal anencephalic and cyclopic vs normal human development. Sci Rep. 2019 05 24; 9(1):7821.
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DeMartino ES, Sperry BP, Doyle CK, Chor J, Kramer DB, Dudzinski DM, Mueller PS. US State Regulation of Decisions for Pregnant Women Without Decisional Capacity. JAMA. 2019 04 23; 321(16):1629-1631.
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Meyer LC, Paisley CE, Mohamed E, Bigbee JW, Kordula T, Richard H, Lutfy K, Sato-Bigbee C. Novel role of the nociceptin system as a regulator of glutamate transporter expression in developing astrocytes. Glia. 2017 12; 65(12):2003-2023.
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Ross MG. Ultrasound estimated fetal weight. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 12; 217(6):709-710.
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Yamasato K, Tsai PS, Davis J, Yamamoto SY, Bryant-Greenwood GD. Human relaxins (RLNH1, RLNH2), their receptor (RXFP1) and fetoplacental growth. Reproduction. 2017 07; 154(1):67-77.