Lack of efficacy of light reduction in preventing ketinopathy of prematurity

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 1572-1576

  Reynolds, James D ^a,f   Hardy, Robert J ^b   Kennedy, Kathleen A ^c   Spencer, Rand ^c   Van Heuven, W A J ^d   Fielder, Alistair R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LIGHTING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032574924     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199805283382202     Document Type: Article

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