Retinopathy of prematurity screening in the Indian population: It's time to set our own guidelines!

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 329-330

  Vedantham, Vasumathy ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

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EID: 34547892572     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 03014738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.33816     Document Type: Editorial

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