Delay in retinal photoreceptor development in very preterm compared to term infants

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 908-913

  Vajzovic, Lejla ^a   Rothman, Adam L ^b   Tran Viet, Du ^a   Cabrera, Michelle T ^c   Freedman, Sharon F ^a,b   Toth, Cynthia A ^a,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ellipsoid zone; Foveal development; Optical coherence tomography; Photoreceptor; Prematurity; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; ELLIPSOID ZONE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SUBRETINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETINA FOVEA; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84922522962     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-16021     Document Type: Article

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