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[Criswick-Schepens syndrome -- familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Report of six cases in two consanguineous families].
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft - 1 Sept 2004
Alsheikheh A, Lieb W, Grehn F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy is a hereditary, bilaterally progressive formation of a vitreoretinal membrane. It usually occurs in full-term newborns without previous treatment with hyperbaric oxygen. In this report, we present six cases of this disease with various abnormalities of the posterior segment diagnosed in two Syrian families related by first degree of consanguinity. DESIGN: A...
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