Retinopathy of prematurity - Risk factors

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 887-892

  Gupta, Ved P ^a   Dhaliwal, Upreet ^a,b   Sharma, Rohit ^a   Gupta, Piyush ^a   Rohatgi, Jolly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gestational age; Low birth weight; Neonates; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

APNEA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 9644253131     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02830827     Document Type: Article

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