RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Visual development in infants with prenatal post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F255
OP F258
DO 10.1136/adc.2006.101485
VO 92
IS 4
A1 Ricci, Daniela
A1 Luciano, Rita
A1 Baranello, Giovanni
A1 Veredice, Chiara
A1 Cesarini, Laura
A1 Bianco, Flaviana
A1 Pane, Marika
A1 Gallini, Francesca
A1 Vasco, Gessica
A1 Savarese, Immacolata
A1 Zuppa, Antonio A
A1 Masini, Lucia
A1 Di Rocco, Concezio
A1 Romagnoli, Costantino
A1 Guzzetta, Francesco
A1 Mercuri, Eugenio
YR 2007
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/92/4/F255.abstract
AB Objective: The aim of this study was to assess visual function in 13 infants with evidence of prenatal post haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. Design: Infants were assessed at 5, 12 and 24 months using a battery of tests specifically designed to assess various aspects of visual function in infancy. Visual findings were correlated with several variables, including extent of the lesion and presence of epilepsy. Results and conclusions: Abnormalities of visual function were frequent (over 60%) in our cohort at age 2 years, ranging from isolated abnormal ocular movements to severe abnormalities of all the aspects of visual function assessed. The most severe and persistent abnormalities of visual function were found in infants with grade IV intraventricular haemorrhage and shunted hydrocephalus who also had epilepsy in the first year.