Modification of Screening Criteria for Retinopathy of Prematurity in India and Other Middle-Income Countries

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 966-968

  Jalali, Subhadra ^a   Matalia, Jyoti ^a   Hussain, Anjli ^a   Anand, Raj ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 33646192793     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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