Visual processing in adolescents born extremely low birth weight and/or extremely preterm

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Molloy, Carly S ^a,b   Wilson Ching, Michelle ^a,b   Anderson, Vicki A ^a,c   Roberts, Gehan ^b,d   Anderson, Peter J ^a,c   Doyle, Lex W ^a,c,d  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extremely low birth weight; Extremely preterm; Visual acuity; Visual perception; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; EXTREMELY PRETERM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PROCESSING; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; EXTREMELY PRETERM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; VICTORIA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884571440     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0040     Document Type: Article

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