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Retinal neovascular markers in retinopathy of prematurity: aetiological implications.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Mar 2003
North P E, Anthony D C, Young T L, Waner M, Brown H H, Brodsky M C
Abstract excerpt
AIM: (1) To determine if expression of the blood-tissue barrier associated glucose transporter GLUT1 is preserved by the neovasculature of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), in contrast with the reported loss of GLUT1 expression in preretinal vessels of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. (2) To compare the vascular immunophenotype of ROP to juvenile haemangioma, another perinatal neovascular disorder that has...
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