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Low Birth Weight Infant

An infant having a birth weight of 2500 gm. (5.5 lb.) or less but INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is available for infants having a birth weight of 1500 grams (3.3 lb.) or less.

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Abstract

An infant having a birth weight of 2500 gm. (5.5 lb.) or less but INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is available for infants having a birth weight of 1500 grams (3.3 lb.) or less.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Low-Birth-Weight Infant
  • Infant, Low-Birth-Weight
  • Infants, Low-Birth-Weight
  • Low-Birth-Weight Infants
  • Low Birth Weight
  • Birth Weight, Low
  • Birth Weights, Low
  • Low Birth Weights

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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 tag INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is also available

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Birth Weight (1966-1976)
  • Infant, Newborn (1966-1976)
  • Infant, Premature (1966-1976)

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Tree Number

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

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Low Birth Weight Infant. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007230. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007230
  2. Low Birth Weight Infant. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_birth_weight
  3. Low Birth Weight Infant. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6692979