Low fraction of fetal haemoglobin is associated with retinopathy of prematurity in the very preterm infant.

William HellströmTobias MartinssonEva MorsingLotta GränseDavid LeyAnn Hellström

Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2021)

Early low fraction of HbF is independently associated with abnormal retinal neurovascular development in the very preterm infant. The potential benefit of minimising blood loss on development of ROP will be investigated in a multicenter randomised trial (NCT04239690).

Keyphrases

low birth weight
preterm birth
gestational age
diabetic retinopathy
optical coherence tomography
clinical trial
study protocol
risk assessment
mass spectrometry
optic nerve
single molecule