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MeSH Heading: Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Tree Number(s): M01.060.703.520.460.600
Unique ID: D019102
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019102
Annotation: check the tag INFANT, NEWBORN
Scope Note: An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1500 grams (3.3 lbs), regardless of gestational age.
Entry Version: INFANT VLBW
Entry Term(s): Very Low Birth Weight; Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infant
Previous Indexing: Birth Weight (1967-1978); Infant, Low Birth Weight (1977-1995); Infant, Premature (1970-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/05
Revision Date: 2002/07/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

urine (UR)

Infant, Very Low Birth Weight MeSH Descriptor Data 2025