Campbell's most distinguished contribution in research was, in 1951, in establishing and proving that excess retrolental fibroplasia-a condition which could lead to blindness in premature babies.
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However the medical evidence demonstrated that this can occur in premature babies who have not been given excessive oxygen, and there were four other distinct conditions which could also have been causative of the fibroplasia.
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By 1950, Lubchenco noted that a high percentage of her former preterm patients were developing blindness from an eye condition known as retrolental fibroplasia ( RLF ), which was later renamed retinopathy of prematurity ( ROP ).
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There are several reasons for retinal degeneration, including artery or vein occlusion, diabetic retinopathy, R . L . F . / R . O . P . ( retrolental fibroplasia / retinopathy of prematurity ), or disease ( usually hereditary ).
