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Retinopathy of prematurity

Incubator oxygen made it the leading cause of childhood blindness in the 1950s. Restricting oxygen then raised deaths and cerebral palsy. There was no setting of the dial that was free.

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Incubator oxygen made it the leading cause of childhood blindness in the 1950s. Restricting oxygen then raised deaths and cerebral palsy. There was no setting of the dial that was free.

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