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This retrospective study of 68 premature infants examined whether there was a difference between male and female mixed-sex multiple gestation infants with regard to stage of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) developed or need for ROP treatment. We found that among mixed-sex twin infants there was no statistically significant difference between sexes in most severe ROP stage developed or need for ROP treatment, but males were treated at an earlier postmenstrual age (PMA) than females, despite females having a lower mean birthweight and slower mean growth velocity compared to males.
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Retinopatia da Prematuridade , Recém-Nascido , Humanos , Masculino , Lactente , Feminino , Gravidez , Retinopatia da Prematuridade/diagnóstico , Retinopatia da Prematuridade/terapia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Recém-Nascido Prematuro , Peso ao Nascer , Idade GestacionalRESUMO
ABSTRACT: An 18-year-old woman with a history of focal epilepsy presents with increasingly frequent seizures, encephalopathy, multiple laboratory abnormalities, and hypothermia. During her hospital course, her symptoms waxed and waned. Multiple etiologies of her symptoms were considered, but the spontaneous resolution of her symptoms and an abnormal MRI of the brain revealed the final diagnosis.