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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 89:F258-F262 doi:10.1136/adc.2002.025387
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Visual function at school age in children with neonatal encephalopathy and low Apgar scores

Table 1

Details of the assessment of visual function at school age of 39 children with neonatal encephalopathy

Case No Grade of enceph Neonatal MRI Tests of visual function at school age Neuro exam Cognitive level
Pattern of lesion OR PVC Age at test Orthop Crowding acuity Stereo Fields
Abn, abnormal; Athet CP, athetoid cerebral palsy; BG, basal ganglia; Bil, bilateral; Dys, dystonic; enceph, encephalopathy; m, months; Min, Minimal; Mod, moderate; MR, mental retardation; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; Neuro, neurological; OR, optic radiations; Orthop, orthopsis; PVC, primary visual cortex; Sev, severe; Stereo, stereopsis; Tetra, tetraplegia; Untest, untestable; WM, white matter; y, years.
*Unable to fix and follow; –, not tested.
1 1 Normal N N 5y 9m N N N N N N
2 1 Normal N N 5y 10m N N N N N N
3 1 Normal N N 6y 0m N N N N N N
4 1 Normal N N 6y 5m N N N N N N
5 1 Normal N N 5y 11m N N N N N N
6 2 Normal N N 5y 10m N N N N N N
7 1 Normal N N 6y 2m N N N N N N
8 2 Normal N N 5y 7m N Abn N N N N
9 1 Min WM N N 6y 0m N N N Bil narrow N N
10 1 Min WM N N 5y 11m Squint N N N N N
11 1 Min WM N N 5y 7m N N N N N N
12 1 Min WM N N 5y 6m N N N N N N
13 2 Min WM N N 6y 6m N N N N N N
14 1 Min WM N N 5y 5m N Abn N N N N
15 1 Min WM N N 5y 7m N N N N N N
16 2 Min WM N N 5y 5m N N N N N N
17 2 Min WM N N 5y 7m N N N N N N
18 2 Mod WM N N 6y 6m N N N N N N
19 2 Mod WM N N 5y 6m N N N N N N
20 2 Mod WM N N 5y 7m N N N N N N
21 2 Mod WM (haem) N N 5y 10m N N N N N N
22 2 Mod WM (haem) N N 5y 6m N N N N N N
23 2 Sev WM Abn Abn 5y 8m Squint Abn Abn Bil narrow Diplegia Sev MR
24 2 Sev WM Abn Abn 5y 8m Squint Abn Abn Bil narrow Diplegia Mod MR
25 2 Sev WM N Abn 5y 11m Abn* Untest Untest Untest Diplegia Mod MR
26 2 Min BG N N 5y 6m N N N N N N
27 2 Min BG N N 5y 5m N N N N Athet CP N
28 1 Min BG N N 5y 2m N N N N N N
29 2 Mod BG N N 5y 6m N N N N N N
30 2 Mod BG N N 5y 6m N Abn Abn N Dys Tetra Mod MR
31 2 Mod BG, sev WM Abn Abn 5y 10m Squint Abn Abn Bil narrow Tetra Mod MR
32 2 Mod BG, sev WM Abn Abn 5y 9m N Abn – Bil narrow Tetra Mod MR
33 2 Mod BG, sev WM Abn Abn 5y 6m Squint Abn Abn Bil narrow Tetra Mod MR
34 2 Sev BG & WM Abn Abn 5y 10m Abn* Untest Untest Untest Tetra Sev MR
35 2 Sev BG & WM Abn Abn 6y 0m Abn* Untest Untest Untest Tetra Sev MR
36 3 Sev BG & WM Abn Abn 5y 5m Abn* Untest Untest Untest Tetra Sev MR
37 2 Sev BG & WM N N 5y 6m Abn* Untest Untest Untest Tetra Sev MR
38 2 Sev BG & WM Abn Abn 5y 5m Abn* Untest Untest Untest Tetra Sev MR
39 2 Sev BG & WM Abn Abn 5y 9m Abn* Untest Untest Untest Tetra Sev MR

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