TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual development in infants with prenatal posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation
AU - Ricci, Daniela
AU - Luciano, Rita Paola Maria
AU - Baranello, Giovanni
AU - Veredice, Chiara
AU - Cesarini, Laura
AU - Bianco, Flaviana
AU - Pane, Marika
AU - Gallini, Francesca
AU - Vasco, Gessica
AU - Savarese, Immacolata
AU - Zuppa, Antonio Alberto
AU - Masini, Lucia
AU - Di Rocco, Concezio
AU - Romagnoli, Costantino
AU - Guzzetta, Francesco
AU - Mercuri, Eugenio Maria
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Objective: The aim of this study was to assess visual function in 13 infants with evidence of prenatal post haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. Design: 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. Results and 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.
AB - Objective: The aim of this study was to assess visual function in 13 infants with evidence of prenatal post haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. Design: 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. Results and 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.
KW - infants
KW - infants
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/260316
U2 - 10.1136/adc.2006.101485
DO - 10.1136/adc.2006.101485
M3 - Article
SN - 1359-2998
VL - 92
SP - 255
EP - 258
JO - ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. FETAL AND NEONATAL EDITION
JF - ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. FETAL AND NEONATAL EDITION
ER -