Screening for retinopathy of prematurity - A comparison between binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy and RetCam 120

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-38

  Shah, Parag K ^a   Narendran, V ^a   Saravanan, V R ^a   Raghuram, A ^a   Chattopadhyay, Abhijit ^a   Kashyap, Maithreyi ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

RetCam 120; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR INDIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCLERA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITREORETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 33644844352     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 03014738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.21612     Document Type: Article

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