The visually inattentive preterm infant.
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.
Kivlin
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Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132.
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Ralston
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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