Bankes J L
Br Med J. 1974 Jun 8;2(5918):533-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5918.533.
Among 171 children who received routine ophthalmic and orthoptic examinations as part of their evaluation for suspected or known developmental handicap it was found that there was an unusually high incidence of ocular defects. Especially prevalent were high refractive errors (52%) and squints (40%), but there were also a number of other serious eye defects ranging from nystagmus and cataracts to microphthalmos.Because of this high incidence of eye defects it was considered essential that ophthalmic and orthoptic examinations should be part of the routine evaluation of developmentally handicapped children by the team of workers in an assessment centre.
在171名因疑似或已知发育障碍而接受常规眼科和斜视检查的儿童中，发现眼部缺陷的发生率异常高。尤其常见的是高度屈光不正（52%）和斜视（40%），但也有许多其他严重的眼部缺陷，从眼球震颤、白内障到小眼症。由于眼部缺陷的高发生率，评估中心的工作人员团队认为眼科和斜视检查必须成为发育障碍儿童常规评估的一部分。
