Visual development in preterm infants

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 276-280

  Madan, Ashima ^a   Jan, James E ^b   Good, William V ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREMATURE BIRTH; VISION; VISION TESTS;

EID: 16844367766     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205000514     Document Type: Article

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