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RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA, A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF THE DEVELOPING AND CICATRICIAL CHANGES. *
Author(s) -
Keith C. Gregory
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1979.tb01421.x
Subject(s) - grading (engineering) , medicine , typically developing , biology , ecology , autism , psychiatry
Summary Four hundred and ninety seven babies were screened for signs of developing RLF and definite changes were found in 31; of these only two developed severe cicatricial RLF, while the results of three are still in doubt. The early developing changes all occur at the retinal periphery and similarly the mild cicatricial changes are also found there, so a new classification is proposed for grading both the developing and cicatricial stages of RLF. This new grading has been found to be clinically useful and corresponds more closely with the observed changes than the classification of Reese, King and Owens (1953).