title: [Recent advances in retinopathy of prematurity].
abstract: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vasoproliferative retinopathy. Worldwide, ROP is a major cause of blindness in children. This chapter describes its risk factors, etiology, diagnosis, treatment and recent advances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China. huodongm@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Dong-mei
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.forename: Fang-tian
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D011379:Prognosis; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors