Incidence and severity of retinopathy of prematurity and its association with morbidity and treatments instituted at hospital antonio pedro from universidade federal fluminense, between 2003 and 2005;Incidência e gravidade da retinopatia da prematuridade e sua associação com morbidade e tratamentos instituídos no hospital universitário antonio pedro, entre 2003 a 2005

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-51

  Schumann, Raphael de Faria ^a   Barbosa, Adauto Dutra Moraes ^a,b   Valete, Cristina Ortiz ^a,c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Gestational age; Infant; Newborn; Retinopathy of prematurity epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 77954929067     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492010000100008     Document Type: Article

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