Retinopathy of prematurity at a University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 720-724

  Al Amro, Saleh A ^a   Al Kharfi, Turki M ^a   Thabit, Abdulla A ^a   Al Mofada, Saleh M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA SURGERY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SAUDI ARABIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0043068205     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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