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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	C13.703.420.491.500
Concept/Terms	Premature Birth Premature Birth Birth, Premature Births, Premature Premature Births Preterm Birth Birth, Preterm Births, Preterm Preterm Births

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Premature Birth".

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]
Premature Birth [C13.703.420.491.500]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Premature Birth".

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Bar chart showing 86 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	1	1	2
2008	1	1	2
2009	2	1	3
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	4	1	5
2014	3	0	3
2015	1	3	4
2016	3	2	5
2017	3	2	5
2018	5	2	7
2019	1	3	4
2020	6	2	8
2021	8	2	10
2022	9	0	9
2023	7	0	7
2024	1	3	4
2025	2	2	4

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Ung A, Kimata C, Siu AM, Yamasato K. Association between maternal serum analytes and third trimester fetal growth restriction. Minerva Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Dec; 77(6):481-487.

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Cwiek A, Dailey RK, Kameshwar AKS, Suzuki M, Isaac J, deRonde K, Conaway M, Bennett KM, Baldelomar EJ, Li T, Wu T, Hoch MR, Chavkin NW, Walker PD, Hirschi KK, Reidy KJ, Charlton JR. Preterm birth increases susceptibility to hyperglycemia induced glomerular alterations in male mice. Sci Rep. 2025 May 29; 15(1):18934.

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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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Wen T, Fish MG, Friedman AM. Trends and outcomes associated with cancer diagnoses during delivery hospitalizations. Semin Perinatol. 2025 Mar; 49(2):152046.

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LoRe D, Groden CM, Schuh AR, Holmes C, Ostilla L, Vogel MM, Murray PD, Yamasato K, Tonismae T, Anani UE, Henner N, Famuyide M, Leuthner SR, Laventhal N, Andrews BL, Tucker Edmonds BM, Brennan KG, Feltman DM. Variability of Care Practices for Extremely Early Deliveries. Pediatrics. 2024 Sep 01; 154(3).

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Palacios C, Kostiuk LL, Cuthbert A, Weeks J. Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 07 30; 7:CD008873.

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Nakatsuka MA, Peters K, Chern I, George K, Lee MJ, Yamasato KS. A Patient Interview-Based Needs Assessment and Evaluation of Experiences with Periviable Pregnancies. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 06; 83(6):162-167.

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Yamasato K, Ono A. Association between aneuploidy screening analytes and adverse outcomes in twin gestations. J Perinat Med. 2024 Jul 26; 52(6):586-590.

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Shukla VV, Carper BA, Ambalavanan N, Rysavy MA, Bell EF, Das A, Patel RM, D'Angio CT, Watterberg KL, Cotten CM, Merhar SL, Wyckoff MH, S?nchez PJ, Kumbhat N, Carlo WA. Social distancing and extremely preterm births in the initial COVID-19 pandemic period. J Perinatol. 2024 Jul; 44(7):1050-1057.

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Elkin ER, Campbell KA, Lapehn S, Harris SM, Padmanabhan V, Bakulski KM, Paquette AG. Placental single cell transcriptomics: Opportunities for endocrine disrupting chemical toxicology. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2023 12 01; 578:112066.

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