title: Visual acuity, strabismus, and amblyopia in premature babies with and without retinopathy of prematurity.
abstract: One hundred eighty-seven premature babies, 48 of whom suffered from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), were examined. A higher incidence of strabismus was found in the group with cicatricial ROP (23% vs. 9%). Amblyopia was present in 6% of the ROP group and in only 1.4% of babies without ROP. Myopia was found in 50% of the ROP group as compared with 15% in the nonROP group. Astigmatism and anisometropia were more common in the ROP group, but hypermetropia was equally represented in both groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snir
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nissenkorn
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sherf
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ben Sira
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004948:Esotropia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005099:Exotropia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009216:Myopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000453:epidemiology; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity