Impaired Visual Fixation at the Age of 2Â Years in Children Born Before the Twenty-Eighth Week of Gestation. Antecedents and Correlates in the Multicenter ELGAN Study

Risk factors for brain and retinal damages, such as very low gestational age, appear to be risk factors for impaired visual fixation. This inference is further supported by the co-occurrence at age 2 years of impaired visual fixation, inability to walk, and a very low Mental Development Index.