Laser photocoagulation for retinopathy of prematurity: Structural and functional outcome

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-26

  Kieselbach, Gerhard Franz ^a   Ramharter, Anke ^a   Baldissera, Ivo ^a   Kralinger, Martina Theresa ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Endokrinologie und Reproduktionsmedizin   (Austria)

Author keywords

Laser photocoagulation; Refractive results; Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP); Transpupillary; Transscleral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOSCOPY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; VITRECTOMY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETINOSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644782791     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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