Development of Visual Acuity in Children With Cerebral Visual Impairment [PDF]
To study the development of visual acuity in term-born children with cerebral visual impairment and a history of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.We studied 19 term-born children, aged 6 months to 6 years, with moderate to severe neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and behaviors indicative of cerebral visual impairment.
Mira, Lim +5 more
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Visual neglect after right posterior cerebral artery infarction [PDF]
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund and is available from the specified link - Copyright © 2006 BMJ Publishing Group.Objectives: To investigate the characteristics and neuroanatomical correlates of visual ...
Bird, C M +15 more
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Pediatric Balint’s Syndrome Variant: A Possible Diagnosis in Children
Balint’s syndrome is well described in adults, but not in children. It is caused by bilateral posterior parietal lobe damage and comprises a triad of simultanagnosia (inability to simultaneously see more than a small number of items), optic ataxia ...
Swetha Sara Philip +2 more
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Behavioural Features of Cerebral Visual Impairment Are Common in Children With Down Syndrome
It is widely recognised that children with Down syndrome have a broad range and a high prevalence of visual deficits and it has been suggested that those with Down syndrome are more likely to exhibit visual perception deficits indicative of cerebral ...
Gemma J. Wilton +5 more
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Background: While there are reports on vision-related quality of life in patients with vision impairment caused by both ophthalmic and brain diseases, little is known about mental distress.
Carolin eGall +2 more
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The Multidisciplinary Guidelines for Diagnosis and Referral in Cerebral Visual Impairment [PDF]
IntroductionCerebral visual impairment (CVI) is an important cause of visual impairment in western countries. Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic damage is the most frequent cause of CVI but CVI can also be the result of a genetic disorder. The majority of children with CVI have cerebral palsy and/or developmental delay.
Frouke N. Boonstra +6 more
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Visual impairment is associated with physical and mental comorbidities in older adults:a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BackgroundVisual impairment is common in older people and the presence of additional health conditions can compromise health and rehabilitation outcomes.
Mercer, S.W.; id_orcid +22 more
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Mechanisms of Cognitive Impairment in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: Multimodal MRI Results from the St George's Cognition and Neuroimaging in Stroke (SCANS) Study. [PDF]
Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a common cause of vascular cognitive impairment. A number of disease features can be assessed on MRI including lacunar infarcts, T2 lesion volume, brain atrophy, and cerebral microbleeds.
Lawrence, AJ +40 more
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Hospital admissions in older people with visual impairment in Britain. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: We aimed to assess the risk of hospital admission associated with visual impairment in a representative sample of older people living in the community in Britain. DESIGN: Prospective study of hospital admission in a population-based sample of
Astrid E Fletcher +8 more
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Visual behaviours of neurologically impaired children with cerebral visual impairment: an ethological study [PDF]
Visual functions of neurologically impaired children with permanent cerebral visual impairment (CVI) can be difficult to determine. This study investigated the behavioural profile of CVI children by means of ethological observations in order to gain a better understanding of their visual functions.Video registrations of nine subjects who were unable to
Porro, G.L. +6 more
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