Ocular growth in premature infants conceived by in vitro fertilization versus natural conception

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1163-1169

  Axer Siegel, Ruth ^a,c   Bourla, Dan ^a   Sirota, Lea ^b,c   Weinberger, Dov ^a,c   Snir, Moshe ^b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; TWINS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; EYE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORNEA; EYE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 18244406314     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1232     Document Type: Article

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