Retinopathy of prematurity: Clinic and pathogenesis - Disproportion between apoptosis of vitreal and proliferation of retinal vascularization

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 220-224

  Pau, Hans ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demarcation line; Guiding hyaloidal structures; Overgrowing epithelial cells; Proliferation of retinal vessels; Regression of vasa hyaloidea; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUNICA VASCULOSA LENTIS; VITREOUS BODY; GESTATIONAL AGE; LENS; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT HYPERPLASTIC PRIMARY VITREOUS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; VASCULARIZATION;

APOPTOSIS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PERSISTENT HYPERPLASTIC PRIMARY VITREOUS; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 53049110039     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000130069     Document Type: Article

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