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C. L. SCHEPENS, M.D.; D. MARDEN, B.A.

Arch Ophthalmol. 1961;66(5):631-642.

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It is universally recognized that retinal breaks play an essential role in the causation of idiopathic retinal detachment; therefore, the term rhegmatogenous * retinal detachment has been coined to denote a detachment resulting from a retinal break. The exact conditions which bring about retinal breaks are still unclear, and it must be admitted that their pathogenesis is largely a matter of speculation.

There are 2 approaches which seem to offer interesting possibilities to the problems of retinal detachment. First, it is hoped that our increasing knowledge of the metabolism of the vitreous body will permit a study of the biochemistry of retinal detachment on the molecular level. This would provide a clear understanding of the biochemical mechanisms which culminate in the production of retinal breaks and subsequent retinal detachment. It may eventually be determined that a whole group of chronic conditions are related to the type of metabolic dysfunction which causes . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Boston

From the Retina Foundation, Department of Ophthalmology of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 16, 1961.

Paper No. 109, Retina Foundation.

Research supported by the Eye Research Fund, Inc. of the Massachusetts Lions.

This work was done in part at the Computation Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

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