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NEI Investigators Receive Post-Katrina Awards
In spite of hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, New Orleans-based NEI Early Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ETROP) Study investigators achieved 100 percent follow-up with children in the study. Some of the children had been relocated with their families to other states, such as Mississippi and California.
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a potentially blinding disorder that affects an estimated 14,000 to 16,000 premature, low birth-weight infants each year in the United States. The ETROP Study assesses early treatment versus conventional management of high-risk ROP. Infants are examined by ophthalmologists at six months, nine months, and annually until six years of age.