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Infant, Very Low Birth Weight MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


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
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight Preferred
Very Low Birth Weight Related
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