title: Neurological and visual assessments in very and late low-risk preterm infants.
abstract: In this review, we report our experience on early neurological and visual developments in preterm infants assessed during the neonatal period using the Dubowitz neonatal neurological assessment and a new battery for visual assessment. The assessments were performed in both very and late low-risk preterm infants and in healthy term-born infants. We report the findings in the three cohorts, evaluating the influence of gestational age and extrauterine exposure on both neurological and visual developments.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Neurology Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy. mercuri@rm.unicatt.it
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mercuri
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Domenico M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Romeo
mesh_terms: D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000254:growth & development*; D009420:Nervous System / Q000254:growth & development*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014787:Vision Tests; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*