The vertebrate retina has several features that make it vulnerable to damage from
autoxidation. The photoreceptor membranes contain high levels of polyunsaturated fatty …

It is difficult to maintain an objective attitude toward the use of vitamin E in neonatology. On
the one hand, the desire to ameliorate iatrogenic diseases, such as BPD and ROP, makes …

• Retinas of the paranatal period contain two types of cell clusters that are generally believed
to play a role in the developing vasculature. The more posterior cluster consists of …

Spindle cells in the hyperoxygenated, avascular, vanguard retina are proposed to be the
peripheral inducers of the neovascularization associated with retinopathy of prematurity …

Almost 20 years ago Norman Ashton wrote"... many of the pathological responses of the
retinal vessels are not separate morbid processes, but exaggerations of normal …

A cytologically distinctive type of acute hyperoxemic injury of retinal neurons occurs in
premature neonates. Ganglion cells in the central well-vascularized neonate retina are …

To the Editor.—Hittner et al1 and Speer et al2 have recently reported that supplementation
of vitamin E in premature infants reduces the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity and …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses general anesthetics and therapeutic gases used
in various treatment procedures. The issue of drug interactions with general anesthetic …