Refractive status at birth: its relation to newborn physical parameters at birth and gestational age.

Refractive status at birth: its relation to newborn physical parameters at birth and gestational age.

<h4>Background</h4>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 pret...

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Main Authors: Raji Mathew Varghese, Vishnubhatla Sreenivas, Jacob Mammen Puliyel, Sara Varughese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19214228/pdf/?tool=EBI

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