Retinopathy of prematurity
Synonyms: ROP | Retrolental fibroplasia
A rare retinal vasoproliferative disease affecting preterm infants characterized initially by a delay in physiologic retinal vascular development and compromised physiologic vascularity and subsequently by aberrant angiogenesis in the form of intravitreal neovascularization.
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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http://www.orphadata.org. Data version April 2024
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