RT Journal
A1 Pike MG, Jan JE, Wong PH
T1 NEurological and developmental findings in children with cataracts
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1989
FD June 1
VO 143
IS 6
SP 706
OP 710
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150180088025
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150180088025
AB • Ninety-seven children who were born between 1954 and 1986 and presented to the Visually Impaired Program of British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, with a primary ophthalmologic diagnosis of cataracts, were assessed neurologically, ophthalmologically, audiologically, and developmentally. Causal factors included prenatal infection (35 cases), hereditary cataracts (22 cases), various syndromes and metabolic disorders (9 cases), trauma (1 case), and unknown (30 cases). Ninety children were diagnosed to have congenital cataracts while 7 acquired them. Findings indicated that prenatal infection continues to be a cause of infantile cataracts, despite rubella immunization; that prematurity is not, as has been stated in the past, a cause of infantile cataract; and that careful neurological, audiological, and developmental examination is vital in the assessment of likely causes of this condition.(AJDC. 1989;143:706-710)