Sökning: "childhood blindness"

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  1. 1. On visual impairment in Swedish children

    Författare :Jonas Blohmé; Lund Oftalmologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Ophtalmology; Sweden; sociology; mortality; outcome; epidemiology; registration; childhood blindness; Visual impairment; children; Oftalmologi;

    Sammanfattning : Knowledge of the epidemiology of visual impairment in children forms one of the cornerstones in paediatric ophthalmology. To gain an overview of the situation in Sweden an epidemiological study was performed. Totally 2373 visually impaired children were found, giving an age-specific prevalence of 10,9/10 000. Childhood blindness (i. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Skogsträdgårdsvistelser ur barns perspektiv – Speglat under samtalspromenader

    Författare :Maria Hammarsten; Åsa Hirsh; Per Andersson; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Forest Garden; Social Studies of Childhood; Children’s Perspectives; Walk-and-Talk Conversations; Ecological Literacy; Affordances; Plant Blindness;

    Sammanfattning : The licentiate thesis examines what spending time in a forest garden can offer children when this environment is used for teaching aimed at sustainability. What do the children remember from their visits to the forest garden? What do they find special or memorable? What can the children learn there? To answer such questions, walk-and-talk conversations were conducted with children who for a three-year period had regularly visited a forest garden during school hours. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Methods for detection and prevention of monocular and binocular visual impairment in childhood

    Författare :Joan Lithander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :visual acuity; infant visual development; school screening; amblyopia; myopia; eye injury; prevention of blindness; developing country; Sultanate of Oman;

    Sammanfattning : The main causes for monocular visual loss in childhood are amblyopia and injury, and in the case of poor vision in both eyes refractive errors, the principle cause being myopia. Reliable visual acuity testing, reaching children at as young an age as possible, is essential in detecting these conditions and monitoring their treatment. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Clinical,electrophysiological and genetic aspects

    Författare :Ruth Riise; Lund Oftalmologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome; Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Retinal dystrophy. Retinitis Pigmentosa. Obesity. Dental anomalies. Skeletal anomalies. Hypogenitalism. Variation. Overlapping. Genetic linkage mapping.; Alström syndrome; Ophtalmology; Oftalmologi;

    Sammanfattning : The study included 44 Scandinavian individuals with the autosomal recessive inherited Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Inclusion criteria were retinal dystrophy plus at least 2 more of the remaining traditional cardinal signs of the syndrome: obesity, polydactyly, hypogenitalism and mental retardation. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Amblyopia in children : therapy and follow-up

    Författare :Pia Agervi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Amblyopia, the leading cause of unilateral visual impairment in children, is caused by inadequate stimulation of the visual system during the sensitive periods of visual development in childhood. Cataract, anisometropia and strabismus are well-known causes of amblyopia. LÄS MER