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In brown-eyed and blue-eyed rabbits, irises treated with argon laser photomydriasis (ALP) were studied by using fluorescein angiography and by evaluating the aqueous humor protein concentration. The following results were obtained.
Immediately after ALP, a breakdown of the blood-aqueous barrier is demonstrated by a marked influx of fluorescein into the ciliary processes and into the anterior and posterior chambers. The dye flow into the aqueous humor decreases to normal values within 3 days. There is no fluorescein leakage from laser impacts themselves. Peripupillary capillary loops are permanently occluded, but in a few cases, recanalization occurs. Neovascularization did not occur during 56 days of observation.
ALP initially leads to a six- to eightfold increase in normal aqueous humor protein concentration, which decays to normal values within 3 days.
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Denffer, H.v., Erhardt, W. & Neiß, A. Fluorescein angiography and changes in aqueous humor protein after argon laser photomydriasis in rabbits. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 211, 155–164 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00410139
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