Plus Disease: Why is it Important in Retinopathy of Prematurity?
| العنوان: | Plus Disease: Why is it Important in Retinopathy of Prematurity? |
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| المؤلفون: | Carlos E Solarte, Anna L. Ells, Abdulaziz H. Awad, Clare M. Wilson |
| المصدر: | Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology |
| سنة النشر: | 2010 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Pre-Plus, genetic structures, Posterior pole, Abnormal dilation, Disease, Ophthalmology, Diagnosis, medicine, Total retinal detachment, In patient, Plus Disease, business.industry, Oculoplastics and Pediatric Ophthalmology Update, Retinal Detachment, Retinal detachment, Retinopathy of prematurity, General Medicine, medicine.disease, eye diseases, ROP, Plus disease, Treatment, sense organs, business, Prematurity |
| الوصف: | Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in childhood. Early posterior pole vascular signs of severe ROP have been studied since the first description of the disease. The progressive changes that take place in the posterior pole vessels of an extremely premature baby occur in a predictable fashion soon after birth. These vascular changes are described as plus disease and are defined as abnormal dilation and tortousity of the blood vessels during ROP that may go on to total retinal detachment. The ophthalmological community now has a better understanding of the pathology and cascade of events taking place in the posterior pole of an eye with active ROP. Despite many years of scientific work on plus disease, there continue to be many challenges in defining the severity and quantification of the vascular changes. It is believed that understanding of the vascular phenomenons in patients with ROP will help in designing new treatment strategies that will help in salvaging many of the eyes with severe ROP. |
| تدمد: | 0975-1599 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4692bdb24de7995d1a1965193840b0a3 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20616922 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....4692bdb24de7995d1a1965193840b0a3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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