Is Retinopathy of Prematurity Increasing Among Infants Less Than 1250 g Birth Weight?
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Retinopathy of prematurity in neonatal patients with birth weight greater than 1500 g in Taiwan.
BACKGROUND To understand the characteristics, ophthalmic outcomes, and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in patients with birth weight (BW) greater than 1500 g. The applicability of the ROP screening criteria to the Taiwanese population was also examined. METHODS The study included 104 eyes from 54 ROP patients who had BW greater than 1500 g from 1981 to 2008. Demographic infor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Perinatology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0743-8346,1476-5543
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211008