Impact of the cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity randomized clinical trial

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1275-1276

  Flynn, John T ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOPATHY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548636810     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.9.1275     Document Type: Article

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