OCULAR DEFECTS IN INFANTS OF EXTREMELY LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT AND LOW GESTATIONAL-AGE

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BURGESS, P [1 ]
JOHNSON, A [1 ]
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[1] JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSP,NATL PERINATAL EPIDEMIOL UNIT,OXFORD OX3 9DU,ENGLAND
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10.1136/bjo.75.2.84
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R77 [眼科学];
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100212 ;
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The eyes of 49 babies who weighed less than 1000 g at birth or who were born at or before 28 weeks gestation were examined at the age of 4 years. Twenty-one children were normal. The remaining 29 children (59%) had ocular abnormalities which ranged from mild amblyopia to blindness from retinopathy of prematurity. The need to examine children at risk is stressed.
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