ArticleDocumenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology2016
Macular function in preterm children at school age.
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- The long-term impact of retinopathy of prematurity on retinal function assessed with new patterns of mfERG analysis.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Long-Term Sequelae of Retinopathy of Prematurity-A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Unusual morphology of foveal Müller glia in an adult human born pre-term.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Article
- Retinal and peripapillary vascular deformations in prematurely born children aged 4-12 years with a history of retinopathy of prematurity.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Zone-wise examination of optical coherence tomography features and their correspondence to multifocal electroretinography in eyes with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022Article
- Retinal structural changes in preterm children without retinopathy of prematurity.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2021Article
- Structural consequences of arrested foveal development in preterms with persisting signs of immaturity.Eye (London, England) · 2020Article
- Neurologic Consequences of Preterm Birth.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2018Review
- Reduction of Rod and Cone Function in 6.5-Year-Old Children Born Extremely Preterm.JAMA ophthalmology · 2017Article
- Multifocal ERG Responses in Subjects With a History of Preterm Birth.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeMacular development is a complex process that starts by mid-gestation and continues several years after birth. A preterm birth could affect this development, causing increased thickness in the central macula, but the effect of the macular function remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate the macular function measured with multifocal electroretinography (mfERG), in former preterm children and compare with healthy controls. A second aim was to correlate central macular function with central macular thickness measured with optical coherent tomography (OCT), in the preterm group.
methodsFifteen former preterm children born before 32 weeks of gestation were included in the study. MfERG results from 12 children acted as controls. Visual acuity, refraction in cycloplegia and mfERG were carried out in all children, and optical coherent tomography (OCT) was performed in the preterm children. Main outcomes were P1 amplitudes and implicit times for Rings 1-5 and "sum of groups" of the mfERG, and central macula thickness in area A1 measured with OCT.
resultsThe P1 amplitudes were reduced in Rings 1-5 and "Sum of groups" in the preterm children compared to controls. There were no significant correlation between P1 amplitude or implicit times in Ring 1 and central macular thickness in the preterm group.
conclusionsMacular function is reduced in former preterm children compared to children born at term. This suggests that the structural changes with a thicker central retina can have an effect on function and may be one, of probably several, explanations for visual dysfunction in preterm children at school age.
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