Visual function of prematurely born children with and without perceptual-motor difficulties

Early Human Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 73-82

  Jongmans, Marian ^a   Mercuri, Eugenio ^b   Henderson, Sheila ^a   De Vries, Linda ^c   Sonksen, Patricia ^d   Dubowitz, Lilly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linear acuity; Perceptual motor ability; Preterm infant; Stereopsis; Visual ability

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030570561     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3782(95)01722-4     Document Type: Article

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