Retinopathy of prematurity in extremely low birth weight infants in Malaysia

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 446-449

  Choo, May May ^a   Martin, Frank Joseph ^b   Theam, Lim Chin ^a   U Teng, Chan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Children's Hospital Westmead   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LUNG SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LASER THERAPY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70349973607     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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