Association between assisted reproductive technology and advanced retinopathy of prematurity

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1385-1390

  Chan, R V Paul ^a   Yonekawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Morrison, Margaux A ^b,c   Sun, Grace ^a   Wong, Ryan K ^a   Perlman, Jeffrey M ^a   Chiang, Michael F ^d   Lee, Thomas C ^e   Hartnett, M Elizabeth ^c   DeAngelis, Margaret M ^b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Blindness; Low birth rate; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

EID: 78650699864     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S15587     Document Type: Article

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