Risk factors and outcomes for retinopathy of prematurity in neonatal infants with a birth weight of 1,501-2,000 g in a Chinese neonatal unit

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-247

  Gu, Mei Hong ^a   Jin, Ji ^a   Yuan, Tian Ming ^a   Yu, Hui Min ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Retinopathy of prematurity; risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINESE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROGNOSIS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 79953667721     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323764     Document Type: Article

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