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. 1991 Feb;75(2):84–87. doi: 10.1136/bjo.75.2.84

Ocular defects in infants of extremely low birth weight and low gestational age.

P Burgess 1, A Johnson 1
PMCID: PMC504119  PMID: 1995049

Abstract

The eyes of 49 babies who weighed less than 1,000 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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