机构:
Harvard Univ, Childrens Hosp, Sch Med, Dept Ophthalmol, Boston, MA 02115 USAHarvard Univ, Childrens Hosp, Sch Med, Dept Ophthalmol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Smith, Lois E. H.
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机构:
[1] Harvard Univ, Childrens Hosp, Sch Med, Dept Ophthalmol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
来源:
RETINAL AND CHOROIDAL ANGIOGENESIS
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2008年
关键词:
D O I:
10.1007/978-1-4020-6780-8_7
中图分类号:
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号:
100212 ;
摘要:
Retinopathy continues to be a major cause of blindness in children (retinopathy of prematurity, ROP), in adults (diabetic retinopathy), and in the elderly (age-related macular degeneration), despite current therapy. Although ablation of the retina reduces the incidence of blindness by suppressing the neovascular phase of ROP and diabetic retinopathy, the visual outcomes after treatment are often poor. Preventive therapy is required and will likely come from a better understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease.