Incidence and risk factors for retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth weight infants in Kermanshah, Iran

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 600-604

  Babaei, Homa ^a   Ansari, Mohammad Reza ^b   Alipour, Ali Asghar ^a   Ahmadipour, Shokofe ^a   Safari Faramani, Roya ^c   Vakili, Jafar ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Germination rate; Gibberellic acid; Hypocotyl; Radicle; Seedling; Wheat Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865236236     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2012.18.05.1562     Document Type: Article

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