Serum Erythropoietin, Insulin-like Growth Factor 1, and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Etiopathogenesis of Retinopathy of Prematurity


Yenice Ö., ÇERMAN E., Ashour A., Firat R., HAKLAR G., ŞİRİKÇİ Ö., ...Daha Fazla

OPHTHALMIC SURGERY LASERS & IMAGING RETINA, cilt.44, sa.6, ss.549-554, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The role of growth factors in the pathogenesis of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is known. To better understand this issue, the authors investigated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), and erythropoietin (EPO) levels in the cord blood of premature newborns.