Diseases

Newborn Diseases Infant

Diseases of newborn infants present at birth (congenital) or developing within the first month of birth. It does not include hereditary diseases not manifesting at birth or within the first 30 days of life nor does it include inborn errors of metabolism. Both HEREDITARY DISEASES and METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS are available as general concepts.

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Abstract

Diseases of newborn infants present at birth (congenital) or developing within the first month of birth. It does not include hereditary diseases not manifesting at birth or within the first 30 days of life nor does it include inborn errors of metabolism. Both HEREDITARY DISEASES and METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS are available as general concepts.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases
  • Neonatal Diseases
  • Disease, Neonatal
  • Diseases, Neonatal
  • Neonatal Disease

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Aspects Covered

33 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general only; for specific disease in newborn infant index specific disease + check tag INFANT, NEWBORN

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Tree Number

  1. C16w.614

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NLM Classification

WS 421

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Newborn Diseases Infant. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007232. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007232
  2. Newborn Diseases Infant. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18968218