Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 129-138 , June 2006

Hypercapnia- and trans-Arachidonic Acid-Induced Retinal Microvascular Degeneration: Implications in the Genesis of Retinopathy of Prematurity

  • Martin Leduc, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, Research Center, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • Department of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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  • Elsa Kermorvant-Duchemin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, Research Center, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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  • Daniella Checchin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, Research Center, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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  • Florian Sennlaub, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, Research Center, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • INSERM, Unité 598, Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, Paris, France.
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  • Mirna Sirinyan, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, Research Center, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • ,
  • Amna Kooli, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, Research Center, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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  • Pierre Lachapelle, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
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  • Sylvain Chemtob, MD, PhD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, Research Center, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sylvain Chemtob, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Department of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Research Center, 3175 Ch. Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3T 1C5.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.04.004

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 129-138 , June 2006

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