Visual Impairment: Promising Treatment For Anti-VEGF And Retinopathy Of Prematurity Described
Friday, November 21, 2008 - 18:21
in Health & Medicine
A clinical study offers a promising new treatment for retinopathy of prematurity. ROP is often difficult to resolve using current treatments and can result in permanent, severe visual impairment in premature infants when treatment is unsuccessful. ROP encompasses a series of damaging changes in the retina, the area at the back of the eye that relays images to the brain's visual center.