Relationships between ophthalmological and neuropaediatric findings in children adopted from Eastern Europe

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-234

  Andersson Grönlund, Marita ^a   Landgren, Magnus ^b   Strömland, Kerstin ^a   Aring, Eva ^a   Svensson, Leif ^c   Tuvemo, Torsten ^d   Hellström, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Primary Care   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption; Child; Eastern Europe; Eye abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADOPTED CHILD; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EASTERN EUROPE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC DISK CUP; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SPEECH DISORDERS; STRABISMUS; SWEDEN; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77649203489     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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