Is being small for gestational age a risk factor for retinopathy of prematurity? A study with 345 very low birth weight preterm infants;Ser pequeno para a idade gestacional é um fator de risco para a retinopatia da prematuridade? Estudo com 345 pré-termos de muito baixo peso

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-54

  Fortes Filho, João Borges ^a,b,d   Valiatti, Fabiana Borba ^a,b   Eckert, Gabriela Unchalo ^b,c   Da Costa, Marlene Coelho ^a,b   Silveira, Rita C ^a,b   Procianoy, Renato Soibelmann ^a,b  

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

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HCPA ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Appropriate for gestational age; Prematurity; Retinopathy of prematurity; Risk factors; Small for gestational age; Very low birth weight infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60149105984     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1870     Document Type: Article

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