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Retinopathy of Prematurity: Overview and Findings in the Anterior Segment of Affected Eyes

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Our understanding of the disease known as retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) has changed enormously since the 1950s. Even its name has been changed to the more appropriate “retinopathy of prematurity” (ROP), which emphasizes the current thinking that the disease is due mainly to the immaturity of the infant’s retina. The fibrotic changes characteristically seen behind the lens in the advanced stages of this disease, and for which the term retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) was given, are now thought to be a common end-stage manifestation of many diseases of the retina.

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  1. Eye Research Institute, Retina Associates, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and the Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Mary M. Gilbert, M. Elizabeth Hartnett, Thomas M. Richardson, Joseph H. Krug & Tatsuo Hirose

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  1. University of South Florida College of Medicine, 33612, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Herbert H. Pomerance MD (Professor of Pediatrics, Professor Emeritus) & Barry B. Bercu MD (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics, Professor Emeritus) &  (Professor of Pediatrics)

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Gilbert, M.M., Hartnett, M.E., Richardson, T.M., Krug, J.H., Hirose, T. (1990). Retinopathy of Prematurity: Overview and Findings in the Anterior Segment of Affected Eyes. In: Pomerance, H.H., Bercu, B.B. (eds) Topics in Pediatrics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3230-8_17

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