Normal vs. Diseased Retina (schematic) (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

Normal vs. Diseased Retina (schematic)

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This illustration highlights the differences between normal retinal blood-vessel development (at left) and the pathological vessel growth (at right) in the eye of a child with retinopathy of prematurity. Red blobs represent abnormal vessel development in the diseased eye.

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Courtesy Kip Connor, PhD, Children's Hospital Boston.

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