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ArticleDocumenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology2016

The assessment of multifocal ERG responses in school-age children with history of prematurity.

Marta Michalczuk, Beata Urban, Beata Chrzanowska-Grenda, Monika Oziębło-Kupczyk, Alina Bakunowicz-Łazarczyk, Małgorzata Krętowska

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Article in Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  5. Multifocal ERG Responses in Subjects With a History of Preterm Birth.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2017
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  6. The neural retina in retinopathy of prematurity.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2017
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marta MichalczukDepartment of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Medical University of Białystok, Waszyngtona 17, 15-274, Białystok, Poland. martaa.michalczuk@gmail.com.
Beata UrbanDepartment of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Medical University of Białystok, Waszyngtona 17, 15-274, Białystok, Poland.
Beata Chrzanowska-GrendaDepartment of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Medical University of Białystok, Waszyngtona 17, 15-274, Białystok, Poland.
Monika Oziębło-KupczykDepartment of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Medical University of Białystok, Waszyngtona 17, 15-274, Białystok, Poland.
Alina Bakunowicz-ŁazarczykDepartment of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Medical University of Białystok, Waszyngtona 17, 15-274, Białystok, Poland.
Małgorzata KrętowskaFaculty of Computer Science, Białystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45A, 15-351, Białystok, Poland.
Medical University of Białystok · PLBialystok University of Technology · PL

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Abstract

purposeThe authors examined macular function in preterm-born children, using multifocal ERG (mfERG). Possible alterations in P1 amplitudes, P1 amplitudes density and P1 implicit time between school-age children with history of prematurity and their peers were researched. The correlations between parameters of mfERG responses and birth weight, gestational age, macular volume and central macular thickness were verified.

methodsA group of 18 preterm-born school-age children were analyzed (mean age 10.18 ± 1.21 years). The study group was compared to the group of 15 peers born appropriate for gestational age (mean age 10.8 ± 1.52 years). The mfERG was evaluated in all children.

resultsThere were statistically significant differences for P1 amplitudes from ring 1 (p = 0.0001) and P1 amplitudes density from ring 1 (p = 0.0001). Calculating the correlation coefficients, we receive significant results for P1 amplitudes from ring 1 versus gestational age (r = 0.54; p = 0.026), birth weight (r = 0.54; p = 0.026) and central macular thickness (r = -0.62; p = 0.008), and for P1 amplitudes density from ring 1 versus central macular thickness (r = -0.51; p = 0.034).

conclusionsThe study suggests that P1 amplitudes and P1 amplitudes density vary in preterm-born children in comparison with their peers born appropriate for gestational age, which might suggest discreet macular dysfunction. The correlation between low birth weight, early gestational age, central macular thickness and mFERG components from ring 1 might evidence that decreased bipolar cells density caused by premature birth is the result of altered development of central retina reflecting in structural anomalies of the fovea.

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Birth WeightChildElectroretinographyFemaleGestational AgeHumansInfant, PrematureMalePremature BirthRetinaRetinopathy of PrematurityTomography, Optical CoherenceVisual AcuityChildrenmfERGPrematurity

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