Retinopathy of prematurity-induced blindness: birth weight-specific survival and the new epidemic
DL Gibson, SB Sheps, S Hong, MT Schechter… - …, 1990 - publications.aap.org
A recent population-based study in the Canadian province of British Columbia showed that,
since the mid-1960s, there has been a significant increase in the incidence of retinopathy of
prematurity-induced blindness in infants weighing 750 to 999 g at birth. To determine the
impact of changing birth weight-specific survival on this new epidemic, all infants born in the
province in the period 1952 through 1986 and known to the British Columbia Health
Surveillance Registry as having retinopathy of prematurity-induced blindness were …
since the mid-1960s, there has been a significant increase in the incidence of retinopathy of
prematurity-induced blindness in infants weighing 750 to 999 g at birth. To determine the
impact of changing birth weight-specific survival on this new epidemic, all infants born in the
province in the period 1952 through 1986 and known to the British Columbia Health
Surveillance Registry as having retinopathy of prematurity-induced blindness were …
