Monitoring visual function in children with syndromic craniosynostosis: A comparison of 3 methods

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1119-1126

  Liasis, Alki ^a,b,c   Nischal, Ken K ^a,b,d   Walters, Bronwen ^a,b   Thompson, Dorothy ^b   Hardy, Sharon ^a,b   Towell, Anthony ^c   Dunaway, David ^a   Jones, Barry ^a   Evans, Robert ^a   Hayward, Richard ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPTIC DISK; PAPILLEDEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; PAPILLEDEMA; SYNDROME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33747153831     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.8.1119     Document Type: Article

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