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Childhood Eye Disorders and Visual Impairment

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Children with visual and ocular disorders form a heterogeneous group with differing ocular and systemic disorders, and visual, other sensory, motor and global developmental impairments which impact the level and type of support they need in order to function to their highest capabilities.

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Abbreviations

AMC:

Anophthalmos, Microphthalmos, ocular Colobama—congential visual conditions

CSM:

newborn assessment—Central Steady gaze Maintained

ERG:

Electroretinogram

EUS:

Examination Under Anaesthesia

EUS:

Examination Under Sedation

IAPD:

International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

ICD-10:

International Classification of Disease, Version 10

JIA:

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

logMAR:

Logarithmic Scale of Acuity

NSC:

National Screening Centre of the United Kingdom Department of Health

ROP:

Retinopathy

RP:

Retinitis Pigmentosa

UK:

United Kingdom

VEP:

Visual Evoked Potentials

VI/BL:

Visual Impairment or Blindness

WHO:

World Health Organization

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