Demographic profile of infants with stage 5 retinopathy of prematurity in north India: Implications for screening

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 72-74

  Sanghi, Gaurav ^a   Dogra, Mangat R ^a   Katoch, Deeksha ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Developing country; Preventable blindness; Retinal detachment; Retinopathy of prematurity; Stage 5 ROP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCREENING; STAGING;

AGE OF ONSET; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952653005     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.551575     Document Type: Article

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