Cortical visual impairment in children: Identification, evaluation and diagnosis

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 384-387

  Lehman, Sharon S ^a,b  

^a NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral visual impairment; cortical visual impairment; periventricular leukomalacia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CORTICAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84865529093     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283566b4b     Document Type: Review

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