The incidence of visually impaired children with retinopathy of prematurity and their concomitant disabilities

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-136

  Termote, Jacqueline ^a,d   Schalij Delfos, Nicoline E ^b   Donders, A Rogier T ^c   Cats, Bernard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRTH RATE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; DISABLED PERSON; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0642364449     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-8531(02)42008-3     Document Type: Article

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