Cerebral damage may be the primary risk factor for visual impairment in preschool children born extremely premature

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1410-1417

  Slidsborg, Carina ^a,b,c   Bangsgaard, Regitze ^a,b,c   Fledelius, Hans Callø ^a,b,c   Jensen, Hanne ^a,b,c,d   Greisen, Gorm ^a   La Cour, Morten ^a,b,c  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETINA FOVEA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SNELLEN CHART; TERM BIRTH; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84869113568     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.1393     Document Type: Article

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