Retinopathy of Prematurity
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Earl A. Palmer papers
Collection
Identifier: 2011-007
Abstract
Earl A. Palmer, M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science University, was one of the leading researchers in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) which can cause blindness in children. He helped design and direct a large-scale study on the use of cryotherapy to treat ROP in which researchers tracked the participating infants for 15 years. His work led to the creation and collection of much of this material, including administrative materials, audio-visual...
Dates:
approximately 1965-2009; Majority of material found within 1983-2005