Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight

An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1000 grams (2.2 lbs), regardless of GESTATIONAL AGE.

Year introduced: 2007

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Tree Number(s): M01.060.703.520.460.600.500

MeSH Unique ID: D052577

Entry Terms:

• Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant

Previous Indexing:

• Infant, Low Birth Weight (1977-1996)
• Infant, Very Low Birth Weight (1996-2006)

See Also:

• Infant, Extremely Premature

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Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight