What do you do about ROP screening in "big" babies?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1072-1073

  Quinn, G E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SHORT SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEONATAL SCREENING; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 0036784442     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.10.1072     Document Type: Short Survey

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