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Main description:
This second Uveitis volume provides the ophthalmologist with the most current understanding of the pathogenesis of the most frequent immune-mediated disorders of the eye and a practical approach to these diseases. It fills the gap between textbooks and original research publications and focuses on clinical aspects of inflammatory eye diseases. It covers a broad spectrum, including diseases affecting the conjunctiva, sclera and cornea, as well as intraocular inflammation, and it includes basic research aspects, such as immune mechanisms and genetics. The book is easy to read with highly structured core messages and summaries for the clinician.
Contents:
Contact Lens-Related Corneal Infection.- New Insights into the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dry Eye Syndrome.- Allergic Conjunctivitis: Clinical Consequences and an Update on Understanding Its Pathophysiology.- Current Aspects of the Immunobiology and Prevention of Corneal Graft Rejection: What Have We Learned from 100 Years of Keratoplasty?.- Autoimmune Keratitis.- Recent Developments in Herpes Stromal Keratitis.- Genetic Insights into Uveitis.- Cataract Surgery in Patients with Uveitis.- Ocular Toxoplasmosis.- Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease and Sympathetic Ophthalmia.- Neoplastic Masquerade Syndromes.- Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Targeted Therapies in Uveitis.- Immunotherapy of Uveitis: is Gene Therapy in our Future?.- Optic Neuritis from the Perspective of an Ophthalmologist.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Publication date: December, 2014
Pages: 231
Weight: 444g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Ophthalmology and Optometry
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