Prospective randomized evaluation of diode-laser and cryotheraphy in prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-254

  Azad, Raj Vardhan ^a   Pasumala, Laxminarayana ^a   Kumar, Harsh ^a   Talwar, Dinesh ^a   Pal, Raj ^a   Paul, Vinod Kumar ^a   Chandra, Parijat ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Diode laser photocoagulation; Prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity; Regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DIODE LASER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MYDRIASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL ACUITY;

CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 3142628557     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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