PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Michael J Wan
AU  - Deborah K VanderVeen
TI  - Eye disorders in newborn infants (excluding retinopathy of prematurity)
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306215
DP  - 2015 May 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
PG  - F264--F269
VI  - 100
IP  - 3
4099  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/100/3/F264.short
4100  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/100/3/F264.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2015 May 01; 100
AB  - A screening eye examination is an essential part of the newborn assessment. The detection of many ocular disorders in newborn infants can be achieved through careful observation of the infant's visual behaviour and the use of a direct ophthalmoscope to assess the ocular structures and check the red reflex. Early diagnosis and subspecialty referral can have a critical impact on the prognosis for many ocular conditions, including potentially blinding but treatable conditions such as congenital cataracts, life-threatening malignancies such as retinoblastoma and harbingers of disease elsewhere such as sporadic aniridia and its association with the development of Wilms tumour.