http://ideas.eyeconx.net/story.php?title=what-is-retinopathy-of-prematurity Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is a developmental disease of the eye that affects premature infants. When a baby is born, the retinal blood vessels have not completed their development. In patients with ROP, the blood vessels stop growing and new, abnormal blood vessels grow instead of normal retinal blood vessels. The developmental arrest and blood vessel maldevelopment may be temporary or perm... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:26:40 EST en