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. 2007 Jul;92(4):F255-8.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.101485. Epub 2006 Dec 1.

Visual development in infants with prenatal post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation

Daniela Ricci  1 , Rita Luciano, Giovanni Baranello, Chiara Veredice, Laura Cesarini, Flaviana Bianco, Marika Pane, Francesca Gallini, Gessica Vasco, Immacolata Savarese, Antonio A Zuppa, Lucia Masini, Concezio Di Rocco, Costantino Romagnoli, Francesco Guzzetta, Eugenio Mercuri
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Visual development in infants with prenatal post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation

Daniela Ricci et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

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.

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