Visual impairment in children born prematurely from 1972 through 1989

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1639-1645

  Rudanko, Sirkka Liisa ^a   Fellman, Vineta ^b   Laatikainen, Leila ^c  

^a Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0041528241     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00498-6     Document Type: Article

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