The most prevalent cause of avoidable irreversible blindness in infants in the United States, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), has been the focus of an intensive study at Ann & Robert H. Lurie infants's Hospital of Chicago.
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), the most common cause of preventable permanent blindness in children in the U.S., has been the subject of extensive research at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.