MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Infant, Low Birth Weight
Tree Number(s): M01.060.703.520.460
Unique ID: D007230
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007230
Annotation: check tag INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is also available
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Version: INFANT LBW
Entry Term(s): Low Birth Weight; Low-Birth-Weight Infant
Previous Indexing: Birth Weight (1966-1976); Infant, Newborn (1966-1976); Infant, Premature (1966-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 77
History Note: 77
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/04/27
Revision Date: 2002/07/02

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

urine (UR)

Infant, Low Birth Weight MeSH Descriptor Data 2024