Pediatric Retinal Diseases

Coats’ Disease
Coats’ disease is a rare eye condition where the tiny blood vessels in the retina develop abnormally. The retina is the light-sensitive layer at the back of your eye that acts like the film in a camera, sending visual messages to your brain.

Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy (FEVR)

Norrie Disease

Persistent Fetal Vasculature Syndrome (PFVS)

Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)

Congenital X‑Linked Retinoschisis

Stickler Syndromes
PRRF Educational Video Series
The Incredible Advances of Retinopathy of Prematurity
Dr. Michael Trese shares the incredible advances of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP).
The Importance of Pursuing the PRRF Mission
Dr. Michael Trese shares why pursuing the PRRF mission is so important to the future of children, families and future patients.
The Cause of Retinal Diseases
Dr. Ken Mitton, Pediatric Retinal Research Lab Director, discusses how to identify the cause of a retinal disease.
Finding the DNA Variant
Wendy Dailey, Pediatric Retinal Research Lab Technician, explains how to find the DNA variant in a patient.
What is an Orphan Disease?
Dr. Kimberly Drenser shares why they’re called orphan diseases and how pharmaceutical companies & the FDA view the diseases.