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Premature Birth Statistics
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is abnormal blood vessel development in the retina of the eye in a
Alternative Names
Retrolental fibroplasia; ROP
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The blood vessels of the retina begin to develop 3 months after conception and complete their development at the time of normal birth. If an infant is born very prematurely, eye development can be disrupted. The vessels may stop growing or grow abnormally from the retina into the normally...
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