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Retinopathy of prematurity. Pathologic correlation of clinical stages
1Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.)
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
This article details the pathologic features of recently described clinical stages of vitreoretinopathy associated with premature birth in humans, beginning with a review of retinal angiogenesis in humans and then of the five stages of retinopathy of prematurity, with a description of paramount clinical feature in each stage and then corresponding pathologic changes. The article concludes with a consideration of arrested and reactivated retinopathy.