The prevalence of retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth weight newborn infants

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Lermann, Viviane Levy ^a   Borges Fortes Filho, João ^b,c   Procianoy, Renato S ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d HCPA ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blindness; Oxygen therapy; Retinopathy; Risk factors; Very low weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PUERPERIUM; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

APGAR SCORE; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 33645974879     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1433     Document Type: Article

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