Blood transfusion: Iron load and retinopathy of prematurity

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 465-470

  Hesse, L ^a   Eberl, W ^b   Schlaud, M ^c   Poets, C F ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b City Hospital   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron overload; Oxygen radicals; Retinopathy of prematurity; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; OXYGEN RADICAL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FERRITINS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030911915     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050641     Document Type: Article

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