Subnormal visual perception in school-aged ex-preterm patients in a paediatric eye clinic

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 628-634

  Hård, Annalena L ^a   Aring, E ^a   Hellstrom A ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral paresis; Periventricular leukomalacia; Preterm; Strabismus; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPTICS; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRABISMUS; SWEDEN; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 3242687145     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700740     Document Type: Article

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