Treatment for retinopathy of prematurity in infants born before 27 weeks of gestation in Sweden

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1136-1139

  Austeng, Dordi ^a,b   Källen, Karin B M ^c   Ewald, Uwe W ^d   Wallin, Agneta ^e   Holmström, Gerd E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SWEDEN; AGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77956596501     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.170704     Document Type: Article

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