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      Retinal Vascular Patterns in the Macula and the Perimacular Area in Premature and Full-Term Infants

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          27 eyes of 20 premature and full-term infants were subjected to trypsin digestion, and a study was made of the extension of the temporal retinal vessels and of the formation of the radial peripapillary capillaries (RPCs) and the capillary-free zone in the macula. The advancing borders of the temporal retinal vessels exhibited a V-shaped appear-rance in cases of 23–29 weeks in gestational age. The RPCs were observed in cases after the 27th week of gestation. The capillary-free zone in the macula was observed in cases after the 25th week of gestation. There were two eyes having extremely small and incomplete capillary-free zones: in one eye a vascular network was present in the region corresponding to the center of the macula. It was thought that the vascular network in the temporal horizontal aspect of the macula is formed by anastomosis of the superior and inferior temporal vessels, and that the capillary-free zone in the macula develops secondarily as the result of retraction of the capillaries.

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          Journal
          OPH
          Ophthalmologica
          10.1159/issn.0030-3755
          Ophthalmologica
          S. Karger AG
          0030-3755
          1423-0267
          1982
          1982
          30 March 2010
          : 185
          : 3
          : 147-157
          Affiliations
          Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
          Article
          309237 Ophthalmologica 1982;185:147–157
          10.1159/000309237
          7133629
          30eec5a0-b567-478e-96f7-ca89265f4cee
          © 1982 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          Pages: 11
          Categories
          Diseases of the Retina and Uvea

          Vision sciences,Ophthalmology & Optometry,Pathology
          Macula,Radial peri-papillary capillaries,Premature infant,Vascular development,Retina

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