Effect of light reduction on the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Braz, R R T ^a   Moreira, M E L ^a   De Carvalho, M ^a   Lopes, J M A ^a,c   Rodrigues, M A ^b   Cabral, J A O ^b   Motta, M M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Clinica Perinatal Laranjeiras   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LUMINANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOPATHY;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIGHT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750725431     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.088518     Document Type: Article

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