Inflammation and the formation of epiretinal membranes
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Eye
- Vol. 2 (S1) , S140-S156
- https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1988.140
Abstract
In this review of the literature evidence is provided from clinical, histological and experimental sources that inflammatory processes play a central role in the pathogenesis of contractile epiretinal membranes and proliferative vitreoretinopathy.Keywords
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