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Mark E. Anderson   (26 May 2006)

effect on ROP 26 May 2006
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Mark E. Anderson,
Neonatologist
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville

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Re: effect on ROP

manderso{at}mc.utmck.edu Mark E. Anderson

It has been my impression (ie, I have no data), that children undergoing drainage are more likely to have threshold ROP. I saw nothing in either your article or the NEJM article from today that addressed that specifically. Is there a difference?

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