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Descriptor English: Perinatology
Descriptor Spanish: Perinatología
Descriptor perinatología
Entry term(s) medicina fetal
medicina materno-fetal
medicina maternofetal
Scope note: Rama de la medicina que se ocupa del FETO y del RECIÉN NACIDO durante el período perinatal. El período perinatal comienza en la semana 28 de la gestación y termina 28 días después del nacimiento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Perinatologia
Descriptor French: Périnatologie
Entry term(s): Fetal Medicine
Fetal Medicines
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Maternal-Fetal Medicines
Materno Fetal Medicine
Materno-Fetal Medicine
Materno-Fetal Medicines
Medicine, Fetal
Medicine, Maternal-Fetal
Medicine, Materno-Fetal
Tree number(s): H02.403.670.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010500
Scope note: The branch of medicine dealing with the FETUS and NEWBORN during the perinatal period. The perinatal period begins with the twenty-eighth week of gestation and ends twenty-eight days after birth.
Annotation: = fetus + newborn infant: differentiate from NEONATOLOGY, the newborn infant only
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Obstetrics (1966-1976)
Pediatrics (1966-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 77
History Note: 77
Entry Version: PERINATOL
Related: Fetal Diseases MeSH
Infant, Newborn, Diseases MeSH
Maternal-Child Nursing MeSH
Perinatal Care MeSH
Pregnancy Complications MeSH
DeCS ID: 10691
Unique ID: D010500
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/04/13
Revision Date: 2020/01/16
Perinatology - Preferred
Concept UI M0016313
Scope note The branch of medicine dealing with the FETUS and NEWBORN during the perinatal period. The perinatal period begins with the twenty-eighth week of gestation and ends twenty-eight days after birth.
Preferred term Perinatology
Entry term(s) Fetal Medicine
Fetal Medicines
Maternal Fetal Medicine
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Maternal-Fetal Medicines
Materno Fetal Medicine
Materno-Fetal Medicine
Materno-Fetal Medicines
Medicine, Fetal
Medicine, Maternal-Fetal
Medicine, Materno-Fetal



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