Longitudinal follow-up of grating acuity in children affected by cerebral palsy: Results of a 5 year study

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 858-862

  Porro, G ^a   Wittebol Post, D ^a   Van Nieuwenhuizen, O ^a   Schenk Rootlieb, A J F ^b   Treffers, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acuity card procedure; Cerebral palsy; Grating acuity; Linear acuity; Preferential looking; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRATING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031759208     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.218     Document Type: Article

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