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Retinopathy of prematurity: recent advances in our understanding.
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition - 1 Sept 2002
Wheatley C M, Dickinson J L, Mackey D A, Craig J E, Sale M M
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Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) has been recognised as an important cause of childhood visual impairment and blindness since the 1940s when improved facilities and treatment increased the survival rate of premature infants. Although its incidence and severity have been decreasing in developed countries over the past two decades, both are increasing in developing nations. ROP is consequently targeted as an...
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