Visual fields and optic disc morphology in very low birthweight adolescents examined with magnetic resonance imaging of the brain

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 843-848

  Hellgren, Kerstin ^a   Hellström, Ann ^b   Martin, Lene ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance tomography; Optic disc; Rarebit; Vascular morphology; Very low birthweight; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL FIELD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOLES; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349096271     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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