A comparison of macular structure imaged by optical coherence tomography in preterm and full-term children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5207-5211

  Ecsedy, Monika ^a   Szamosi, Anna ^a   Karkó, Cecilia ^b   Zubovics, Laszlo ^c   Varsányi, Balazs ^a   Németh, Janos ^a   Récsán, Zsuzsa ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b St Borbala Hospital   (Hungary)

^c Schopf Merei Agost Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LASER; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANK SUM TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; TERM BIRTH; THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROC CURVE;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LASER THERAPY; MACULA LUTEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; ROC CURVE; TERM BIRTH; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 38449101661     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1199     Document Type: Article

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