Screening eye diseases in babies: an italian experience on 5000 healthy, consecutive newborns

Screening eye diseases in babies: an italian experience on 5000 healthy, consecutive newborns

INTRODUCTION: Visual performance of eyes with congenital pathologies is conditioned by an early diagnosis. Families having problems in accessing health services risk to delay or miss both an early diagnosis and an early treatment and amblyopia (lazy eye) prevention. METHODS: In our hospital, all ful...

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Main Authors: Roberto Perilli, Modesto Lanci, Antonino Romanzo, Laura Sabatini, Paola Fusilli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2015-12-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Subjects:
congenital eye diseases
congenital cataract
congenital glaucoma
red reflex test
newborn eye examination
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712015000400022&lng=en&tlng=en

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