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This chapter is only about retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). It contains a historical introduction about ROP and a short section about pathophysiology of ROP. Next follows a detailed classification of ROP illustrated with many pictures and finally the most recent screening recommendations.
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Spandau, U., Kim, S.J. (2019). Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). In: Pediatric Retinal Vascular Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13701-4_5
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