title: The visually inattentive preterm infant.
abstract: A retrospective study was made of 16 premature infants who were visually inattentive despite normal eye findings and a lack of factors predisposing them to cerebral blindness. A comparison of this study group with other premature infants who were visually attentive revealed a much greater incidence of upper motor neuron disease and mental retardation in the study infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kivlin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bodnar
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ralston
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D015351:Vision Screening