Association of human milk feedings with a reduction in retinopathy of prematurity among very low birthweight infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 356-362

  Hylander, Mary Ann ^a   Strobino, Donna M ^b   Pezzullo, John C ^a   Dhanireddy, Ramasubbareddy ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; INOSITOL; OXYGEN;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; EYE DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

APGAR SCORE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK, HUMAN; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034853095     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210548     Document Type: Article

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