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Anti-thyroid methimazole in an acidosis-induced retinopathy rat model of retinopathy of prematurity

Mookadam M, Leske DA, Fautsch MP, Lanier WL, Holmes JM. Anti-thyroid methimazole in an acidosis-induced retinopathy rat model of retinopathy of prematurity. Mol Vis. November 2005;11:909-915.

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Publication Date
November 2005

How Analyze was Used
“Vascularized and total retinal areas were traced in a masked manner using Analyze image analysis software (version 6.0.3b; AnalyzeDirect, Inc., Lenexa, KS) [Robb 2001] and the ratio of vascular to total retinal area was calculated [Mookadam et al. 2004].”

Keywords
Acidosis/blood/physiopathology
Ammonium Chloride/pharmacology
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Antithyroid Agents/pharmacology
Blood Gas Analysis
Disease Models, Animal
Female
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Infant, Newborn
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism
Methimazole/pharmacology
Pregnancy
Radioimmunoassay
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Retina/drug effects
Retinal Neovascularization/blood/physiopathology
Retinopathy of Prematurity/blood/physiopathology
Thyroxine/blood

Author Affiliation(s)
Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, US. (MM, DAL, MPF, JMH)

Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, US. (WLL)

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