Assessment and management of retinopathy of prematurity in the era of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

ASH Tsai, HD Chou, XC Ling, T Al-Khaled… - Progress in retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) continues to rise due to the improved
survival of very low birth weight infants in developed countries. This epidemic is also fueled …

Retinopathy of prematurity: inflammation, choroidal degeneration, and novel promising therapeutic strategies

JC Rivera, M Holm, D Austeng, TS Morken… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an important cause of childhood blindness globally, and
the incidence is rising. The disease is characterized by initial arrested retinal vascularization …

Ocular vascular diseases: from retinal immune privilege to inflammation

X Wang, T Wang, E Lam, D Alvarez, Y Sun - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The eye is an immune privileged tissue that insulates the visual system from local and
systemic immune provocation to preserve homeostatic functions of highly specialized retinal …

Choroidal thickness and ocular growth in childhood

E Prousali, A Dastiridou, N Ziakas, S Androudi… - Survey of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The involvement of the choroid in ocular growth regulation has been postulated in studies
showing that refractive errors correlate with alterations in choroidal thickness (ChT). The …

Defocus incorporated multiple segments (DIMS) spectacle lenses increase the choroidal thickness: a two-year randomized clinical trial

RKM Chun, H Zhang, Z Liu, DYY Tse, Y Zhou… - Eye and Vision, 2023 - Springer
Background Myopia control interventions, such as defocus incorporated multiple segments
(DIMS) spectacle lenses, have been adopted in school-aged children to reduce the …

Evaluation of choroidal thickness using optical coherent tomography: a review

R Xie, B Qiu, J Chhablani, X Zhang - Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The choroid is the main source of blood and nourishment supply to the eye. The dysfunction
of the choroid has been implicated in various retinal and choroidal diseases. The …

[HTML][HTML] Pediatric optical coherence tomography in clinical practice—recent progress

H Lee, FA Proudlock, I Gottlob - Investigative ophthalmology & …, 2016 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has revolutionized the diagnosis and
management of adult retinal and optic nerve disease. Children were deprived of this …

Foxp3+ Tregs are recruited to the retina to repair pathological angiogenesis

D Deliyanti, DM Talia, T Zhu, MJ Maxwell… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Neovascular retinopathies are major causes of vision loss; yet treatments to prevent the
condition are inadequate. The role of regulatory T cells in neovascular retinopathy is …

Choroidal thickness in 3001 Chinese children aged 6 to 19 years using swept-source OCT

S Xiong, X He, J Deng, M Lv, J Jin, S Sun, C Yao… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The purpose of the cross-sectional study is to describe the values and distribution of
choroidal thickness and to explore its related factors, especially age, in Chinese children. A …

Macular morphology in former preterm and full-term infants aged 4 to 10 years

A Fieß, J Janz, AK Schuster, R Kölb-Keerl… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2017 - Springer
Objective To analyse macular retinal and choroidal layer thickness in former preterm and full-
term infants and to assess associated perinatal influence factors and functional correlation …