Named Groups

Large for Gestational Age Infant

Infants whose BIRTH WEIGHT is larger than the 90th percentile for a given gestational age.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Infants whose BIRTH WEIGHT is larger than the 90th percentile for a given gestational age.

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Synonyms

14 entry terms
  • High Birth Weight Infant
  • High-Birth-Weight Infant
  • Infant, Large for Gestational Age
  • Infant, Large-for-Gestational-Age
  • LGA Infant
  • Large-for-Gestational-Age Infant
  • High-Birth-Weight Infants
  • Infant, High-Birth-Weight
  • Infant, LGA
  • Infants, High-Birth-Weight
  • Infants, LGA
  • Infants, Large-for-Gestational-Age
  • LGA Infants
  • Large-for-Gestational-Age Infants

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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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Indexing Annotation

check the tag INFANT, NEWBORN; do not confuse with FETAL MACROSOMIA or INFANT, POSTMATURE

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History Note

2023

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Previous Indexing

  • Fetal Macrosomia (1987-2022)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. M01w.060.703w.520w.230w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Large for Gestational Age Infant. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000094522. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000094522
  2. Large for Gestational Age Infant. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_for_gestational_age
  3. Large for Gestational Age Infant. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1886514