Article
Timed topical dexamethasone eye drops improve mitochondrial function to prevent severe retinopathy of prematurity.
2024-06-25
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Pathological neovascularization in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) can cause visual impairment in preterm infants. Current ROP treatments which are not preventative and only address late neovascular ROP, are costly and can lead to severe complications. We showed that topical 0.1% dexamethasone eye drops administered prior to peak neovessel formation prevented neovascularization in five...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5073c7f0-276e-5f4b-9e8c-3bf2aba88490
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4619093/v1
