Retinopathy of Prematurity in Assisted versus Natural Conception and Singleton versus Multiple Births

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-324

  Friling, Ronit ^a,b   Axer Siegel, Ruth ^b,c   Hersocovici, Zvi ^c   Weinberger, Dov ^b,c   Sirota, Lea ^a,b   Snir, Moshe ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN CARE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TWINS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ISRAEL; MENOTROPINS; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846546004     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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