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Abstract
CHILDBIRTH before 37 weeks of PREGNANCY (259 days from the first day of the mother's last menstrual period, or 245 days after FERTILIZATION).
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7 entry terms
- Preterm Birth
- Birth, Premature
- Birth, Preterm
- Births, Premature
- Births, Preterm
- Premature Births
- Preterm Births
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32 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, 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
check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE is also available
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History Note
2005; use LABOR, PREMATURE 1995-2004
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Previous Indexing
- Infant, Premature (1965-2004)
- Labor, Premature (1966-2004)
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WQ 330
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Premature Birth. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D047928. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D047928
- Premature Birth. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preterm_birth
- Premature Birth. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q625506