The contribution of low birth weight to severe vision loss in a geographically denned population

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-13

  Crofts, Barbara J ^a  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEWBORN; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BIRTH INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; EYE ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031978215     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.1.9     Document Type: Article

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