Incidence of retinopathy of prematurity over the last decade in the central netherlands

Neonatology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-142

  Hoogerwerf, A ^a   Schalij Delfos, N E ^b   Van Schooneveld, M J ^c   Termote, J U M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Preterm infant; Retinopathy of prematurity; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 76249083565     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000280386     Document Type: Article

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