Restricted universal guidelines for ROP screening: A possible misguidance for middle income countries;ROP taramasi{dotles} için ki{dotles}si{dotles}tli{dotles} evrensel rehberler: Orta gelirli ülkeler için muhtemel bir yanli{dotles}ş yönlendirme

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 791-796

  Erdeve, Ömer ^a   Atasay, Begüm ^a   Arsan, Saadet ^a   Batuoǧlu, Figen ^a   Atilla, Huban ^a   Türmen, Tomris ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Premature; Retinopathy of prematurity; Screening

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; LASER TREATMENT; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES; PREMATURE; PREMATURE INFANTS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; WESTERN COUNTRIES;

EYE PROTECTION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 78049316385     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-0904-29     Document Type: Article

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