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MeSH Heading: Obstetric Labor, Premature
Tree Number(s): C12.050.703.420.491
Unique ID: D007752
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007752
Annotation: check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH is also available
Scope Note: Onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR before term (TERM BIRTH) but usually after the FETUS has become viable. In humans, it occurs sometime during the 29th through 38th week of PREGNANCY. TOCOLYSIS inhibits premature labor and can prevent the BIRTH of premature infants (INFANT, PREMATURE).
Entry Term(s): Labor, Premature; Premature Labor; Premature Obstetric Labor; Preterm Labor
See Also: Infant, Premature; Premature Birth; Tocolytic Agents
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see LABOR, PREMATURE 1964-2005
History Note: 2006 (1964)
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012117
Scope Note: Onset of OBSTETRIC LABOR before term (TERM BIRTH) but usually after the FETUS has become viable. In humans, it occurs sometime during the 29th through 38th week of PREGNANCY. TOCOLYSIS inhibits premature labor and can prevent the BIRTH of premature infants (INFANT, PREMATURE).
Terms: Obstetric Labor, Premature Preferred Term
Term UI T632324
Date03/03/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Labor, Premature
Term UI T023225
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1964); Premature Labor
Term UI T568835
Date01/15/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Premature Obstetric Labor
Term UI T632325
Date03/03/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Preterm Labor
Term UI T618248
Date11/17/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006)

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