Search for dissertations about: "subnormal - visual acuity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words subnormal - visual acuity.
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1. Amblyopia and subnormal visual acuity. Studies of prevalence, assessment and outcome
Abstract : Aims. The aims of this thesis were threefold. Firstly, we wanted to establish the distribution of visual acuity (VA) and the prevalence of amblyopia and other ocular disorders in two population-based samples of 12-13-year-old children, one that had been vision-screened at preschool age and the other that had not. READ MORE
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2. On the identification of visual defects in children in general and prematurely born children in particular
Abstract : Aims: Papers I & II: To evaluate the consequences of changes in the criteria for referral to an eye clinic following general pre-school vision screening. According to the former criteria all 4 year old children in the Göteborg area, with visual acuity (VA) ... READ MORE
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3. Ophthalmological follow-up in young adults born premature and screened for retinopathy of prematurity
Abstract : Prematurely born children have a higher risk of ophthalmological and neurodevelopmental disorders than those born at term. There is a paucity of long-term prospective follow-up studies on the visual function of prematurely born adults. READ MORE
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4. Visual outcome, ocular findings, and visual processing skills after allogeneic stem cell transplantation in children
Abstract : Background: Stem cell transplantation (SCT) offers a chance of cure in children with leukaemia and other life-threatening haematological, immunological, and metabolic diseases that do not respond to conventional treatment. Pre and post SCT, these children receive irradiation, and/or chemotherapy and immunosuppressive agents which like the primary disease may adversely affect the eye, the central nervous system as well as the posterior visual pathways and potentially threaten vision. READ MORE
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5. Clinical assessment of visual function with particular emphasis on testing methods for young children
Abstract : Research during the last decades has emphasised the importance of visual stimulation during the first months of life. It is consequently of great importance to identify children with subnormal vision as early as possible in order to start treatment and habilitation. READ MORE