The predictive utility of the Teller acuity cards for assessing visual outcome in children with preterm birth and associated perinatal risks

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2067-2076

  Hall, Heather L ^a   Courage, Mary L ^a   Adams, Russell J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acuity cards; Children; Infants; Perinatal complications; Predictive value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RELIABILITY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034069586     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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