Light reduction and the electroretinogram of preterm infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Kennedy, Kathleen A ^a   Ipson, Merle A ^a   Birch, David G ^a,b   Tyson, Jon E ^a   Anderson, Jane L ^b   Nusinowitz, Steven ^b   West, Linda ^a   Spencer, Rand ^b   Birch, Eileen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Light exposure; Retinal development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGHT; MALE; RETINA; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VISUAL ACUITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030805529     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.76.3.F168     Document Type: Article

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