Outcome of retinopathy of prematurity patients following adoption of revised indications for treatment

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Alme, Aaron M ^a   Mulhern, Michael L ^a   Hejkal, Thomas W ^a   Meza, Jane L ^a   Qiu, Fang ^a   Ingvoldstad, David D ^a   Margalit, Eyal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHER EXACT TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; LASER COAGULATION; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER COAGULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149089440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-8-23     Document Type: Article

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