Retinopathy of prematurity in the United States

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 320-325

  Lad, E M ^a   Nguyen, T C ^a   Morton, J M ^a   Moshfeghi, D M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LASER COAGULATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SCLERAL BUCKLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549111310     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.126201     Document Type: Article

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