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MeSH Heading: Gestational Age
Tree Number(s): G07.345.500.325.235.968; G08.686.320
Unique ID: D005865
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005865
Annotation: mammalian only; for fetus not mother
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Chronologic Fetal Maturity; Fetal Age; Fetal Maturity, Chronologic; Maturity, Chronologic Fetal
NLM Classification #: WQ 210.5
Previous Indexing: Embryo (1966-1967); Fetus (1966-1967); Infant, Premature (1966-1967)
See Also: Crown-Rump Length; Infant, Premature; Term Birth
Public MeSH Note: 70
History Note: 70(68)
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Concept UI: M0009214
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Gestational Age Preferred Term
Term UI T017745
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1970); Maturity, Chronologic Fetal
Term UI T017743
Date08/26/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Chronologic Fetal Maturity
Term UI T017742
Date08/26/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Fetal Maturity, Chronologic
Term UI T017744
Date05/13/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Fetal Age
Term UI T560949
Date12/02/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005)

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