The impact of modest prematurity on visual function at age 6 years: Findings from a population-based study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 871-877

  Robaei, Dana ^a   Kifley, Annette ^a   Gole, Glen A ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; STRABISMUS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745026430     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.6.871     Document Type: Article

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