Growth

"Growth" 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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Gradual increase in the number, the size, and the complexity of cells of an individual. Growth generally results in increase in ORGAN WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; and BODY HEIGHT.

Descriptor ID	D006128
MeSH Number(s)	G07.345.249
Concept/Terms	Growth Growth

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Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Growth and Development [G07.345]
Growth [G07.345.249]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	2	3
2007	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1

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Haraldsdottir A, Steingrimsdottir L, Maskarinec G, Adami HO, Aspelund T, Valdimarsdottir UA, Bjarnason R, Thorsdottir I, Halldorsson TI, Gunnarsdottir I, Tryggvadottir L, Gudnason V, Birgisdottir BE, Torfadottir JE. Growth Rate in Childhood and Adolescence and the Risk of Breast and Prostate Cancer: A Population-Based Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2022 01 24; 191(2):320-330.

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Navarrete CT, Wrage LA, Carlo WA, Walsh MC, Rich W, Gantz MG, Das A, Schibler K, Newman NS, Piazza AJ, Poindexter BB, Shankaran S, S?nchez PJ, Morris BH, Frantz ID, Van Meurs KP, Cotten CM, Ehrenkranz RA, Bell EF, Watterberg KL, Higgins RD, Duara S. Growth Outcomes of Preterm Infants Exposed to Different Oxygen Saturation Target Ranges from Birth. J Pediatr. 2016 09; 176:62-68.e4.

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Long JK, Murphy SP, Weiss RE, Nyerere S, Bwibo NO, Neumann CG. Meat and milk intakes and toddler growth: a comparison feeding intervention of animal-source foods in rural Kenya. Public Health Nutr. 2012 Jun; 15(6):1100-7.

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Perry GH, Dominy NJ. Evolution of the human pygmy phenotype. Trends Ecol Evol. 2009 Apr; 24(4):218-25.

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Eggleston B, Patience M, Edwards S, Adamkiewicz T, Buchanan GR, Davies SC, Dickerhoff R, Donfield S, Feig SA, Giller RH, Haight A, Horan J, Hsu LL, Kamani N, Lane P, Levine JE, Margolis D, Moore TB, Ohene-Frempong K, Redding-Lallinger R, Roberts IA, Rogers ZR, Sanders JE, Scott JP, Sleight B, Thompson AA, Sullivan KM, Walters MC. Effect of myeloablative bone marrow transplantation on growth in children with sickle cell anaemia: results of the multicenter study of haematopoietic cell transplantation for sickle cell anaemia. Br J Haematol. 2007 Feb; 136(4):673-6.

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He M, Sutton J. Using routine growth monitoring data in tracking overweight prevalence in young children. Can J Public Health. 2004 Nov-Dec; 95(6):419-23.

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Desai M, Gayle D, Babu J, Ross MG. Programmed obesity in intrauterine growth-restricted newborns: modulation by newborn nutrition. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2005 Jan; 288(1):R91-6.

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Nunlee-Bland G, Rana SR, Houston-Yu PE, Odonkor W. Growth hormone deficiency in patients with sickle cell disease and growth failure. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Apr; 17(4):601-6.

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Rosen O, Cohen A. Analysis of growth curves via mixtures. Stat Med. 2003 Dec 15; 22(23):3641-54.

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Katz S, Marshall J, Khorram O. An unusual case of ovarian resistance syndrome. Obstet Gynecol. 2003 May; 101(5 Pt 2):1078-82.

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