Incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity in the United States: 1997 through 2005

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lad, Eleonora M ^a   Hernandez Boussard, Tina ^a   Morton, John M ^a   Moshfeghi, Darius M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CILIARY DISK; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; LASER COAGULATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DEAD SPACE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; UNITED STATES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 68949147785     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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