Visual impairment is common in children born before 25 gestational weeks - Boys are more vulnerable than girls

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-265

  Jacobson, Lena ^a,c   Hård, Anna Lena ^b   Horemuzova, Eva ^a,c   Hammarén, Hannah ^b   Hellström, Ann ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Premature; Retinopathy of prematurity; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BLINDNESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58449125224     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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