No advanced retinopathy of prematurity stages 4 or 5 in a large high-risk German cohort

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 400-404

  Muether, Philipp S ^a   Kribs, Angela ^a   Hahn, Moritz ^a   Schumacher, Jasmin ^a   Eifinger, Frank ^a   Kirchhof, Bernd ^a   Roth, Bernhard ^a   Fauser, Sascha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOCOAGULATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857117374     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2011.203125     Document Type: Article

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