A small foveal avascular zone may be an historic mark of prematurity

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1409-1413

  Mintz Hittner, Helen A ^a,b   Knight Nanan, Donna M ^a   Satriano, Dale R ^c   Kretzer, Frank L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA FOVEA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033497362     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00732-0     Document Type: Article

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