Management of severe retinopathy of prematurity in Jaffna
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Management of retinopathy of prematurity
ee front matter & 2005 upe.2004.12.012 ng author. Tel.: 1. ess: a.fielder@imperial Summary Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) has been recognised as an important cause of childhood blindness. It is now a treatable disease with a reduced incidence of resulting blindness. The incidence of ROP in older premature babies has declined and a new pattern of ROP has emerged attributed to increased surviva...
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From the Departments of Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, and Neurobiology and Anatomy, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (M.E.H.); and the Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Cell and Developmental Biology, and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville ( J.S.P.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Hartnett at 65 Mario Capecc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jaffna Medical Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2651-0200,0379-3877
DOI: 10.4038/jmj.v30i2.19