Foveal avascular zone and foveal pit formation after preterm birth

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 961-966

  Yanni, Susan Elizabeth ^a   Wang, Jingyun ^b   Chan, Melody ^c   Carroll, Joseph ^d   Farsiu, Sina ^c,e   Leffler, Joel N ^f   Spencer, Rand ^g   Birch, Eileen E ^a,f  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g TEXAS RETINA ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER COAGULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVE FIBERS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TERM BIRTH; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84862840771     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-301612     Document Type: Article

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