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Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2022 AbstractRetinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a devastating neurovascular disease of the retina in newborn infants that can lead to vision deficits or even blindness. In this concise review we discuss our current knowledge about diagnosis, etiology, pathogenesis, intervention, and outcomes of the disease.
Olaf Dammann +2 more
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Retinopathy of prematurity: Addressing the emerging burden in developing countries
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Retinopathy of prematurity has emerged and continues to be one of the leading causes of avoidable childhood blindness in low- and middle-income countries over the past few years. A major reason is the lack of adoption of effective and efficient screening
Suraj Singh Senjam, Parijat Chandra
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Retinopathy of Prematurity in Triplets
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2016 To investigate the incidence, severity and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in triplets.The medical records of consecutive premature triplets who had been screened for ROP in a single maternity hospital were analyzed and presence and severity of ROP; birth weight, gender, gestational age of the infant; route of delivery and the mode of ...
Hekimoğlu, Emre +4 more
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Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2014 Premature infants born at 30 weeks' gestational age or younger, or 1500 g or smaller, are screened for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Guidelines for supplemental oxygen in neonatal intensive care units have decreased but not eliminated the incidence of severe ROP.
Philip B. Dray, Matthew K. Asano
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The Fovea in Retinopathy of Prematurity
Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 2020 Because preterm birth and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) are associated with poor visual acuity (VA) and altered foveal development, we evaluated relationships among the central retinal photoreceptors, postreceptor retinal neurons, overlying fovea, and VA in ROP.We obtained optical coherence tomograms (OCTs) in preterm born subjects with no history ...
Anne B. Fulton +13 more
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Is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the blood related to the development of retinopathy of prematurity? [PDF]
, 2001 AIMS—To determine the role of carbon dioxide in the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). METHODS—This was a retrospective cohort study of 25 consecutive infants admitted to the neonatal unit with continuously recorded physiological data.
Fleck, B W +3 more
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MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018 Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is a bilateral proliferative retinopathy affecting premature infants with low birth weight,who have been exposed to excessive oxygenation, resulting in dysregulated vascular endothelial growth factor expression and thus untimely vasoobliteration or exaggerated vasoproliferation.Screening for ROP is mandatory in such ...
Sunder Singh Negi +2 more
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Laser therapy versus intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF agents in monotherapy of ROP: a Meta-analysis [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 AIM: To compare the efficacy and safety between laser therapy and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents intravitreal injection monotherapy in type-1 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity ...
Shi-Dan Wang +2 more
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Systemic Cytokines in Retinopathy of Prematurity
Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2023 Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a vasoproliferative vitreoretinal disorder, is the leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide. Although angiogenic pathways have been the main focus, cytokine-mediated inflammation is also involved in ROP etiology ...
Po-Yi Wu +13 more
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Pathophysiology of retinopathy of prematurity
Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vasoproliferative disease occurring in premature infants that affects the blood vessels of the developing retina.
Y. N. Strube, K. Wright
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