Treated threshold stage 3 versus spontaneously regressed subthreshold stage 3 retinopathy of prematurity: A study of motility, refractive, and anatomical outcomes at 6 months and 36 months

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 154-159

  Sahni, J ^a   Subhedar, N V ^a   Clark, D ^a  

^a Walton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIC RETINA MACULA; ECTOPIC TISSUE; EYE REFRACTION; GRATING ACUITY SCORE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTION; MYOPIA; NEWBORN; OPTOTYPE ACUITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REMISSION; RETINA; RETINA MACULA DRAGGING; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCORING SYSTEM; STRABISMUS; SUBTHRESHOLD STAGE 3 RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; THRESHOLD STAGE 3 RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CRYOTHERAPY; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LASER COAGULATION; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 12944280222     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.045815     Document Type: Article

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