Incidence of retinopathy of prematurity in Lothian, Scotland, from 1990 to 2004

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Dhaliwal, C ^a   Fleck, B ^b   Wright, E ^c   Graham, C ^d   McIntosh, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Child Life and Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 55349089233     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.134791     Document Type: Article

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