Visual anomalies in young children exposed to cocaine

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-36

  Block, Sandra S ^a   Moore, Bruce D ^b   Scharre, Janice Emigh ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

children; cocaine; fetal alcohol syndrome; refractive error; strabismus

Indexed keywords

DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEALTH RISKS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; STATISTICS;

CHILDREN; COCAINE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS;

VISION;

COCAINE;

ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONGENITAL STRABISMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCAINE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRABISMUS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031047299     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199701000-00017     Document Type: Article

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