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Retrolental Fibroplasia in Sweden
Author(s) -
BJELKHAGEN INGEMAR
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1952.tb17842.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , etiology , mentally retarded , psychiatry , developmental psychology , psychology
Summary A report is given on the occurrence of retrolental fibroplasia in Sweden. Premature material has been examined from 1940–49 at the Samariten Childrens Hospital in Stockholm, When infants weighing under 2000 g at birth were examined by an eye‐specialist. Of the surviving 326 cliildren 95 per cent liave brt˜n coiitrolletl, of these 3 n‐ere fou11d to b e suffering from fihroplnsin. Tlirrc;i r ˜ 38 cascs of this diseanr now Iciioii in 8wcdcii, 20 1)oj‐s aiitl 18 girls, all hor˜i hetwct=ii 1945;ind 1950. The IT‐eight at birth varies hctxw1i 920 and 2200 g, 25 being under 1 500 g. The etiology of the disease is supposed to lie of iiifcctious character, probably a neiiroiropic virus. Toxoplasniosis may lie the cause i n crrtaiiicasrs. Regular oplitlialniic control is iiec ry during tlic? first, nioiiths in all premature infants wcighiiig less than, say, 2 000 g. Finally the necessity for ii special preparatory school to a blind eiiiphnhized for those who are mentally iiorrnal as for the care of those nlio are iriciitally retarded. institute hab heen well as inhtitutes