Retinopathy of prematurity: Metabolic risk factors
At preterm birth, the retina is incompletely vascularized. Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is initiated by the postnatal suppression of physiological retinal vascular development that would normally occur in utero. As the neural retina slowly matures, increasing metabolic demand including in the pe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2022-11-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/80550 |