Developmental delay and magnocellular visual pathway function in very-low-birthweight preterm infants

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-33

  Hammarrenger, Benoit ^a,c   Roy, Marie Sylvie ^b   Ellemberg, Dave ^a   Labrosse, Mélanie ^a   Orquin, Jacqueline ^b   Lippe, Sarah ^a   Lepore, Franco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMINANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISION; WAVEFORM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33847023133     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162207000084.x     Document Type: Article

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