Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary eye hospital in Tehran

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1446-1449

  Karkhaneh, R ^a   Mousavi, S Z ^a   Riazi Esfahani, M ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, S A ^a   Roohipoor, R ^a   Kadivar, M ^b   Ghalichi, L ^b   Mohammadi, S F ^a   Mansouri, M R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; IRAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 55449124197     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.145136     Document Type: Article

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