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Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight

"Infant, Extremely 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.

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


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Bar chart showing 20 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2012
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