title: Visual development in infants with prenatal post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess visual function in 13 infants with evidence of prenatal post haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  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.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurology Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luciano
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baranello
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Veredice
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cesarini
authors.forename: Flaviana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pane
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gallini
authors.forename: Gessica
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vasco
authors.forename: Immacolata
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Savarese
authors.forename: Antonio A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Zuppa
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Masini
authors.forename: Concezio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Rocco
authors.forename: Costantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guzzetta
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mercuri
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000196:embryology / Q000209:etiology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000196:embryology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields