Retinopathy of Pematurity: Incidence and risk factors

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 999-1003

  Rekha, Swarna ^a   Battu, R R ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Low birth weight; Prematurity; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOSURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; APNEA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030321196     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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