Visual function in preterm infants without major retinopathy of prematurity or neurological complications

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 747-753

  Kozeis, Nicolaos ^a   Mavromichali, Maria ^b   Soubasi Griva, Vasiliki ^b   Agakidou, Eleni ^b   Zafiriou, Dimitris ^b   Drossou, Vasiliki ^b  

^a Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

contrast sensitivity; prematurity; refractive errors; strabismus; vision; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84866563197     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1316446     Document Type: Article

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