Lost to Follow-Up
"Lost to Follow-Up" 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.
Study subjects in COHORT STUDIES whose outcomes are unknown e.g., because they could not or did not wish to attend follow-up visits.(from Dictionary of Epidemiology, 5th ed.)
| Descriptor ID |
D059012
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.780.438
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| Concept/Terms |
Lost to Follow-Up- Lost to Follow-Up
- Follow-Up, Lost to
- Lost to Follow Up
- Lost to Follow-Ups
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Lost to Follow-Up".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lost to Follow-Up" by people in this website by year, and whether "Lost to Follow-Up" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lost to Follow-Up" by people in Profiles.
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Goggin K, Hurley EA, Staggs VS, Wexler C, Nazir N, Gautney B, Khamadi SA, Maloba M, Lwembe R, Finocchario-Kessler S. Rates and Predictors of HIV-Exposed Infants Lost to Follow-Up During Early Infant Diagnosis Services in Kenya. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2019 08; 33(8):346-353.