Visual function assessment in late-preterm newborns

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 301-305

  Romeo, Domenico M ^a   Ricci, Daniela ^a   Serrao, Francesca ^a   Gallini, Francesca ^a   Olivieri, Giorgia ^a   Cota, Francesco ^a   Romagnoli, Costantino ^a   Mercuri, Eugenio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Late preterm; Newborn; Visual function assessment

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PREMATURITY; TERM BIRTH; TERM EQUIVALENT AGE; VISION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; VISION TESTS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84859866198     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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