Oculomotor control in children who were born very prematurely

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2595-2601

  Newsham, David ^a   Knox, Paul C ^a   Cooke, Richard W I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFRARED OCULOGRAPHY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; CHILD; NEWBORN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SACCADES;

EID: 34347249215     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1425     Document Type: Article

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