No clinical correlation between bilirubin levels and severity of retinopathy of prematurity

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-156

  Hosono, Shigeharu ^a,b   Ohno, Tsutomu ^a   Kimoto, Hirofumi ^a   Shimizu, Masaki ^a   Nozawa, Masayo ^a   Genkawa, Ryuichi ^a   Yoshida, Tomohide ^a   Wada, Satoru ^a   Harada, Kensuke ^b  

^a SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036557915     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0191-3913-20020501-06     Document Type: Article

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