Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology/Ophthalmology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. marita.gronlund@neuro.gu.se
To evaluate ophthalmological findings in children with Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS).
An ophthalmological evaluation including visual acuity (VA), refraction, strabismus, near point of convergence (NPC), slit-lamp examination, ophthalmoscopy, axial length measurements and full-field electroretinogram was performed on 18 children with SRS (8 girls, 10 boys; mean age 11.6 years). Fundus photographs were taken for digital image analysis. Data were compared with data on an age- and gender-matched reference group (ref) of school children (n=99).
Seventeen out of 18 children with SRS had ophthalmological abnormalities. Best corrected VA of the best eye was