Type I retinopathy of prematurity in infants with birth weight less than 1251 g: Incidence and risk factors for its development in a nursery in Kuwait

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-71

  Wani, Vivek B ^a   Uboweja, Anil K ^a   Gani, Muzaffar ^a,b   Al Kandari, Jamal ^c   Kazem, Mahmood ^a   Al Naqeeb, Niran ^a   Thomas, Cherian ^a   Al Serafi, Murad ^a,d   Shukkur, Mumtaz M ^e  

^a AL ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Al Bahar Ophthalmology Centre   (Kuwait)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Incidence; Retinopathy of Prematurity; Risk Factors; Type I Retinopathy of Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; LASER SURGERY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NURSERY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TYPE I RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

INCIDENCE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RISK FACTORS; TYPE I RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; KUWAIT; MALE; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878788807     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.106393     Document Type: Article

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