Incidence of retinopathy of prematurity in infants born before 27 weeks' gestation in Sweden

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1315-1319

  Austeng, Dordi ^a,d   Källen, Karin B M ^b   Ewald, Uwe W ^a   Jakobsson, Peter G ^c   Holmström, Gerd E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SWEDEN; NEWBORN;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 70350731214     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.244     Document Type: Article

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