Have we stopped looking for a red reflex in newborn screening?

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Sotomi, O ^d   Feely, John ^a   Ryan, C Anthony ^b,c   Khiaron, Omar Ben ^a   Mceniff, Niall ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Erinville Hospital   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CORNEA REFLEX; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; AGE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISION TEST;

AGE FACTORS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34247488920     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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