"Infant, Low Birth Weight" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D007230
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.060.703.520.460
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| Concept/Terms |
Infant, Low Birth Weight- Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Low-Birth-Weight Infant
- Infant, Low-Birth-Weight
- Infants, Low-Birth-Weight
- Low Birth Weight Infant
- Low-Birth-Weight Infants
Low Birth Weight- Low Birth Weight
- Birth Weight, Low
- Birth Weights, Low
- Low Birth Weights
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infant, Low Birth Weight" by people in Profiles.
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Fertility preservation in girls and adolescents before chemotherapy and radiation - review of the literature. Klin Padiatr. 2011 May; 223(3):126-30.
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Is there a higher incidence of maternal uniparental disomy 14 [upd(14)mat]? Detection of 10 new patients by methylation-specific PCR. Am J Med Genet A. 2006 Oct 01; 140(19):2039-49.
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