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Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant

An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1000 grams (2.2 lbs), regardless of GESTATIONAL AGE.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1000 grams (2.2 lbs), regardless of GESTATIONAL AGE.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, physiology, psychology, urine.

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History Note

2007

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Previous Indexing

  • Infant, Low Birth Weight (1977-1996)
  • Infant, Very Low Birth Weight (1996-2006)

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Tree Number

  1. M01w.060.703w.520w.460w.600.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052577. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052577
  2. Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67579753