Visual function in 6 to 7 year-old children born extremely preterm: A population-based study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 422-427

  Haugen, Olav H ^a,b   Nepstad, Lise ^a   Standal, Odd Arne ^c   Elgen, Irene ^a,b   Markestad, Trond ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Section for Rheumatology   (Norway)

Author keywords

extremely low birth weight; prematurity; refractive errors; visual function; visual perception

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NYSTAGMUS; OCULAR ALIGNMENT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; EYE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84864402062     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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