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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Retinopathy of Prematurity.
Mediators of inflammation - 1 Jan 2015
Ortega-Molina J M, Anaya-Alaminos R, Uberos-Fernández J, Solans-Pérez de Larraya A, Chaves-Samaniego M J, Salgado-Miranda A, Piñar-Molina R, Jerez-Calero A, García-Serrano J L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The goals were to isolate and study the genetic susceptibility to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), as well as the gene-environment interaction established in this disease. METHODS: A retrospective study (2000-2014) was performed about the heritability of retinopathy of prematurity in 257 infants who were born at a gestational age of ≤ 32 weeks. The ROP was studied and treated by a single pediatric...
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