Current role of cryotherapy in retinopathy of prematurity: A report by the American academy of ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 873-877

  Simpson, Jennifer L ^a   Melia, Michele ^b   Yang, Michael B ^c   Buffenn, Angela N ^d   Chiang, Michael F ^e   Lambert, Scott R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRYOTHERAPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LANGUAGE; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MEDLINE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MYOPIA; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINOPATHY; STAFF TRAINING; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; CRYOTHERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER COAGULATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84859265164     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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