Low vision due to cerebral visual impairment: Differentiating between acquired and genetic causes

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bosch, Daniëlle G M ^a,b,c,d   Boonstra, F Nienke ^a,d   Willemsen, Michèl A A P ^b,d   Cremers, Frans P M ^b,c   De Vries, Bert B A ^b,d  

^a Institute for the Visually Impaired   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acquired; Cerebral visual impairment; Genetic diseases; Visually impaired children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84900797333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-14-59     Document Type: Article

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