Visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, peripheral vision and refraction in low birthweight teenagers

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-164

  Lindqvist, Susanne ^a,b,c   Vik, Torstein ^a   Indredavik, Marit S ^a   Brubakk, Ann Mari ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Fetal growth retardation; Prematurity; Small for gestational age; Very low birthweight; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTACT LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; PERIMETRY; PERIPHERAL VISION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPECTACLES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33846951152     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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