"Adoption" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.
| Descriptor ID |
D000300
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.853.150.140
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Adoption" by people in Profiles.
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Savin MK. Adoption, Infertility, and Love Affirmed. Nurs Womens Health. 2022 Jun; 26(3):251-252.
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Lane VA, Skerritt C, Wood RJ, Reck C, Hewitt GD, McCracken KA, Jayanthi VR, DaJusta D, Ching C, Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Levitt MA. A standardized approach for the assessment and treatment of internationally adopted children with a previously repaired anorectal malformation (ARM). J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Nov; 51(11):1864-1870.
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Testa MF, Snyder SM, Wu Q, Rolock N, Liao M. Adoption and guardianship: A moderated mediation analysis of predictors of post-permanency continuity. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2015 Mar; 85(2):107-18.
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Sciauvaud J, Rigal E, Pascal J, Nourrisson C, Poirier P, Poirier V, Vidal M, Mrozek N, Laurichesse H, Beytout J, Labbe A, Lesens O. Transmission of infectious diseases from internationally adopted children to their adoptive families. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 Aug; 20(8):746-51.
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Helder EJ, Behen ME, Wilson B, Muzik O, Chugani HT. Language difficulties in children adopted internationally: neuropsychological and functional neural correlates. Child Neuropsychol. 2014; 20(4):470-92.
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Kumar A, Behen ME, Singsoonsud P, Veenstra AL, Wolfe-Christensen C, Helder E, Chugani HT. Microstructural abnormalities in language and limbic pathways in orphanage-reared children: a diffusion tensor imaging study. J Child Neurol. 2014 Mar; 29(3):318-25.
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Lindh HL, Steele R, Page-Steiner J, Donnenfeld AE. Characteristics and perspectives of families waiting to adopt a child with Down syndrome. Genet Med. 2007 Apr; 9(4):235-40.
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Testa MF. When children cannot return home: adoption and guardianship. Future Child. 2004; 14(1):114-29.
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Chugani HT, Behen ME, Muzik O, Juh?sz C, Nagy F, Chugani DC. Local brain functional activity following early deprivation: a study of postinstitutionalized Romanian orphans. Neuroimage. 2001 Dec; 14(6):1290-301.
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Reeves GD, Bachrach S, Carpenter TO, Mackenzie WG. Vitamin D-deficiency rickets in adopted children from the former Soviet Union: an uncommon problem with unusual clinical and biochemical features. Pediatrics. 2000 Dec; 106(6):1484-8.