Multicenter trial of early treatment for retinopathy of prematurity: Study design

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-325

  Hardy, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Grating visual acuity outcome; Logistic regression; Peripheral retinal ablation; Retinopathy of prematurity; Timing of treatment

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETINA; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2442593973     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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