Systemic fungal infection is associated with the development of retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth weight infants: A meta-review

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

  Bharwani, S K ^a   Dhanireddy, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CANDIDIASIS; FUNGEMIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ODDS RATIO; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38049050381     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211878     Document Type: Review

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