Long-term follow-up of visual functions in prematurely born children-a prospective population-based study up to 10 years of age

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-162

  Holmström, Gerd ^a   Larsson, Eva ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN PERIOD; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINOPATHY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; STRABISMUS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 41949140685     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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