Do platelets have a role in the pathogenesis of aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity?

Retina

Volumn 30, Issue 4 SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages

  Vinekar, Anand ^a   Hegde, Kaushik ^a   Gilbert, Clare ^b   Braganza, Sherine ^a   Pradeep, Maralusiddappa ^c   Shetty, Rohit ^a   Shetty, K Bhujang ^a  

^a Narayana Nethralaya Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology ^*  (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity; APROP; Laser; Platelets; Regression; ROP; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVE POSTERIOR RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 77951066160     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181cafc30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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