An unusual case of retinopathy of prematurity

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 315-316

  Mandal, K ^a   Drury, J A ^b   Clark, D I ^c  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 6; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MONOSOMY; NEWBORN SCREENING; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TRISOMY;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TRISOMY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34247485052     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211674     Document Type: Article

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