Visual acuity in premature infants

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 218, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 397-401

  Spierer, Abraham ^a   Royzman, Zana ^a   Kuint, Jacob ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Premature screening; Retinopathy of prematurity; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 9244251117     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080943     Document Type: Article

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