Swedish national register for retinopathy of prematurity (SWEDROP) and the evaluation of screening in Sweden

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1418-1424

  Holmström, Gerd E ^a   Hellström, Ann ^b   Jakobsson, Peter G ^c   Lundgren, Pia ^d   Tornqvist, Kristina ^e   Wallin, Agneta ^f  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; REGISTRIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 84869098474     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.2357     Document Type: Article

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