Optic disc morphology may reveal timing of insult in children with periventricular leucomalacia and/or periventricular haemorrhage

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1345-1349

  Jacobson, L ^b   Hard A L ^b   Svensson, E ^c   Flodmark, O ^b   Hellstrom A ^a,d  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Intl Paediatr Growth Res Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INJURY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; TIME; WHITE MATTER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; OPTIC DISK; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0344442846     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.11.1345     Document Type: Article

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