Eye movements and binocular function in low birthweight teenagers

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-274

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Convergence; Heterophoria; Nystagmus; Small for gestational age; Stereopsis; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SACCADES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STRABISMUS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 44649179902     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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