931 FACTORS RELATED TO THE OCCURRENCE OF RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA (FLF)
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Electroencephalography in retrolental fibroplasia.
Some children with severe retrolental fibroplasia have mental retardation. It is difficult to determine whether this retarda tion is based only on the loss of vision or whether it is related to cerebral damage. With the hope that electroencephalography would give some evidence that would help to separate these factors, a series of children with severe retrolental fibroplasia in cicatricial sta...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-197804001-00936