Surveillance of vision and ocular disorders in children with Down syndrome

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 513-515

  Stephen, Elma ^a   Dickson, Jennifer ^b   Kindley, A David ^a   Scott, Christopher C ^a   Charleton, Patricia M ^c  

^a ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Raeden Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NYSTAGMUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION; VISION SCREENING; VISION TESTS;

EID: 34347377172     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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