"Neonatal Screening" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The identification of selected parameters in newborn infants by various tests, examinations, or other procedures. Screening may be performed by clinical or laboratory measures. A screening test is designed to sort out healthy neonates (INFANT, NEWBORN) from those not well, but the screening test is not intended as a diagnostic device, rather instead as epidemiologic.
| Descriptor ID |
D015997
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.910 E01.370.500.580 E05.200.910 E05.318.308.250.580.580 N02.421.143.827.233.443.816 N05.715.360.300.375.500.575 N06.850.520.308.250.580.580 N06.850.780.500.580
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| Concept/Terms |
Neonatal Screening- Neonatal Screening
- Neonatal Screenings
- Screening, Neonatal
- Screenings, Neonatal
- Infant, Newborn, Screening
- Newborn Infant Screening
- Newborn Infant Screenings
- Screening, Newborn Infant
- Screenings, Newborn Infant
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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