Adopting western retinopathy of prematurity screening programs in eastern countries, are we screening properly

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-213

  Gharaibeh, Almutez ^a   Khassawneh, Mohammed ^b   Khriesat, Wadah ^b   Alkhatib, Shadi ^b   Migdadi, Yazan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Birth Weight; Jordan; Retinopathy of Prematurity; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; JORDAN; LASER SURGERY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 80052476938     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.84047     Document Type: Article

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