Incidence and risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity in very low and in extremely low birth weight infants in a unit-based approach in southern Brazil

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-30

  Fortes Filho, J B ^a,b   Eckert, G U ^a   Procianoy, L ^a   Barros, C K ^a   Procianoy, R S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Extremely low birth weight; Prematurity; Prevention of blindness; Retinopathy of prematurity; Risk factors; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; INDOMETACIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 58249121693     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702924     Document Type: Article

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