Flash visual evoked potentials at 2-year-old infants with different birth weights

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-168

  Feng, Jing Jing ^a   Wang, Ting Xue ^a   Yang, Chen Hao ^a   Wang, Wei Ping ^a   Xu, Xiu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flash visual evoked potentials; Preterm infants; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MOTHER; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954625699     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-010-0032-3     Document Type: Article

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