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Refractive Status at Birth: Its Relation to Newborn Physical Parameters at Birth and Gestational Age

BACKGROUND: Refractive status at birth is related to gestational age. Preterm babies have myopia which decreases as gestational age increases and term babies are known to be hypermetropic. This study looked at the correlation of refractive status with birth weight in term and preterm babies, and wit...

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Autores principales: Varghese, Raji Mathew, Sreenivas, Vishnubhatla, Puliyel, Jacob Mammen, Varughese, Sara
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2636866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19214228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004469