The visually inattentive preterm infant

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 1990 Jul-Aug;27(4):190-5. doi: 10.3928/0191-3913-19900701-06.

Abstract

A retrospective study was made of 16 premature infants who were visually inattentive despite normal eye findings and a lack of factors predisposing them to cerebral blindness. A comparison of this study group with other premature infants who were visually attentive revealed a much greater incidence of upper motor neuron disease and mental retardation in the study infants.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Nervous System Diseases / complications
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Perceptual Disorders / complications*
  • Radiography
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Vision Disorders / complications*
  • Vision Screening