Ocular defects in infants of extremely low birth weight and low gestational age.
Authors:
- A JohnsonAJA Johnson
Open Access
- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 75 (2) , 84-87
Abstract
The eyes of 49 babies who weighed less than 1,000 g at birth or who were born at or before 28 weeks gestation were examined at the age of 4 years. Twenty-one children were normal. The remaining 29 children (59%) had ocular abnormalities which ranged from mild amblyopia to blindness from retinopathy of prematurity. The need to examine children at risk is stressed.Keywords
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