Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society
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Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc · Jan 2006
Long-term visual outcomes in extremely low-birth-weight children (an American Ophthalmological Society thesis).
The goal is to analyze the long-term visual outcome of extremely low-birth-weight children. ⋯ Long-term visual development in extremely low-birth-weight infants is problematic and associated with a high risk of subnormal acuity. Early acuity testing is useful in identifying children at greatest risk for long-term visual abnormalities. Gestational age at birth of