cover image - Ocular Disease: Mechanisms and Management, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780702029837
Copyright: 2010
Publication Date: 03-03-2010
Page Count: 704
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $152.00

Ocular Disease: Mechanisms and Management, 1st Edition

by Leonard A Levin, MD, PhD, FARVO and Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS

Hardcover

cover image - Ocular Disease: Mechanisms and Management, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780702029837
Copyright: 2010
Publication Date: 03-03-2010
Page Count: 704
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $152.00
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    • Includes access to the fully searchable text online at expertconsult.com, along with images and references.
    • Covers all areas of disease in ophthalmology including retina, cornea, cataract, glaucoma, and uveitis for the comprehensive information you need for managing clinical cases.
    • Presents a unique and pragmatic blend of necessary basic science and clinical application to serve as a clinical guide to understanding the cause and rational management of ocular disease.
    • Features 330 full-color line artworks that translate difficult concepts and discussions into concise schematics for improved understanding and comprehension.
    • Provides the expert advice of internationally recognized editors with over 40 years of experience together with a group of world class contributors in basic science and clinical ophthalmology.
  • SECTION 1 Cornea

    1. Loss of corneal transparency

    Russell L McCally

    2. Abnormalities of corneal wound healing

    Audrey M Bernstein

    3. Wound healing after laser in situ keratomileusis and photorefractive keratectomy

    Fabricio Witzel de Medeiros and Steven E Wilson

    4. Genetics and mechanisms of hereditary corneal dystrophies

    John D Gottsch

    5. Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy

    Vinay Gutti, David S Bardenstein, Sudha Iyengar, and Jonathan H Lass

    6. Keratoconus

    M Cristina Kenney and Ronald N Gaster

    7. Infectious keratitis

    Michael S Gilmore, Susan R Heimer, and Ai Yamada

    8. Corneal graft rejection

    Daniel R Saban, Mohammad H Dastjerdi, and Reza Dana

    9. Corneal edema

    Daniel G Dawson and Henry F Edelhauser

    10. Corneal angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis

    Chih-Wei Wu, David Ellenberg, and Jin-Hong Chang

    11. Ocular surface restoration

    Julie T Daniels, Genevieve A Secker, and Alex J Shortt

    12. Herpetic keratitis

    Pranita P Sarangi and Barry T Rouse

    13. Ocular allergy

    Neal P Barney, Ellen B Cook, James L Stahl, and Frank M Graziano

    SECTION 2 Dry eye

    14. The lacrimal gland and dry-eye disease

    Darlene A Dartt

    15. Immune mechanisms of dry-eye disease

    Austin K Mircheff and Joel E Schechter

    16. Disruption of tear film and blink dynamics

    Jianhua Wang and Anuj Chauhan

    17. Abnormalities of eyelid and tear film lipid

    Gary N Foulks and Douglas Borchman

    18 Dry eye: abnormalities of tear film mucins

    Ann-Christin Albertsmeyer and Ilene K Gipson

    SECTION 3 Glaucoma

    19. Steroid-induced glaucoma

    Abbot F Clark, Xinyu Zhang, and Thomas Yorio

    20. Biomechanical changes of the optic disc

    Ian A Sigal, Michael D Roberts, Michael JA Girard, Claude F Burgoyne, and J Crawford Downs

    21. Pigmentary dispersion syndrome and glaucoma

    Michael G Anderson

    22. Abnormal trabecular meshwork outflow

    Paul A Knepper and Beatrice YJT Yue

    23. Pressure-induced optic nerve damage

    James C Tsai

    24. Exfoliation (pseudoexfoliation) syndrome

    Robert Ritch and Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt

    25. Angle closure glaucoma

    Shamira Perera, Nishani Amerasinghe, and Tin Aung

    26. Central nervous system changes in glaucoma

    Yeni N Yücel and Neeru Gupta

    27. Retinal ganglion cell death in glaucoma

    Heather R Pelzel and Robert W Nickells

    28. Wound-healing responses to glaucoma surgery

    Stelios Georgoulas, Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, Stephen Brocchini, and Peng Tee Khaw

    29. Blood flowchanges in glaucoma

    Leopold Schmetterer and Mark Lesk

    SECTION 4 Lens

    30. Biochemical mechanisms of age-related cataract

    David C Beebe, Ying-Bo Shui, and Nancy M Holekamp

    31. Posterior capsule opacification

    Judith West-Mays and Heather Sheardown

    32. Diabetes-associated cataracts

    Peter F Kador

    33. Steroid-induced cataract

    Abbas Samadi

    34. Presbyopia

    Jane F Koretz

    35. Restoration of accommodation

    Stephen D McLeod and Michelle Trager Cabrera

    36. Intraoperative floppy iris syndrome

    Amy Lin and Roger F Steinert

    SECTION 5 Neuro-ophthalmology

    37. Optic neuritis

    John R Guy and Xiaoping Qi

    38. Abnormal ocular motor control

    James A Sharpe and Arun Sundaram

    39. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (idiopathic pseudotumor cerebri)

    Deborah M Grzybowski and Martin Lubow

    40. Giant cell arteritis

    Lynn K Gordon

    41. Ischemic optic neuropathy

    Helen Danesh-Meyer

    42. Optic nerve axonal injury

    Daniela Toffoli and Leonard A Levin

    43. Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy

    Alfredo Sadun and Alice Kim

    44. Optic atrophy

    Nathan T Tagg and Randy H Kardon

    45. Nystagmus

    Frank Proudlock and Irene Gottlob

    46. Toxic optic nerve neuropathies

    FT "Fritz" Fraunfelder and FW "Rick" Fraunfelder

    SECTION 6 Oncology

    47. Uveal melanoma

    Zélia MS Corrêa and J William Harbour

    48. Genetics of hereditary retinoblastoma

    Alejandra G de Alba Campomanes and Joan M O’Brien

    49. Molecular basis of low-penetrance retinoblastoma

    Katie Matatall and J William Harbour

    50. Vasculogenic mimicry

    Robert Folberg and Andrew J Maniotis

    51. Treatment of choroidal melanoma

    Aimee V Chappelow and Andrew P Schachat

    52. Sebaceous cell carcinoma

    Alon Kahana, Jonathan T Pribila, Christine C Nelson, and Victor M Elner

    53. Neurofibromatosis

    Robert Listernick and David H Gutmann

    SECTION 7 Other

    54 Phthisis bulbi

    Ingo Schmack, Hans E Völcker, and Hans E Grossniklaus

    55. Myopia

    Terri L Young

    56. Pathogenesis of Graves’ ophthalmopathy

    A Reagan Schiefer and Rebecca S Bahn

    SECTION 8 Pediatrics

    57. Duane syndrome

    Joseph L Demer

    58. Amblyopia

    Robert F Hess and Nigel Daw

    59 Strabismus

    Christopher S von Bartheld, Scott A Croes, and L Alan Johnson

    60. Albinism

    Gerald F Cox and Anne B Fulton

    61. Aniridia

    Elias I Traboulsi

    SECTION 9 Retina

    62. Color vision defects

    Maureen Neitz and Jay Neitz

    63. Acute retinal vascular occlusive disorders

    Sohan Singh Hayreh

    64. Retinal photic injury: laboratory and clinical findings

    Daniel Organisciak and Marco Zarbin

    65. Vascular damage in diabetic retinopathy

    Timothy S Kern and Suber Huang

    66. Neovascularization in diabetic retinopathy

    Corey B Westerfeld and Joan W Miller

    67. Diabetic macular edema

    Pascale Massin, Michel Paques, and Jean-Antoine Pournaras

    68. Dry age-related macular degeneration and age-related macular degeneration pathogenesis

    Marco Zarbin and Janet S Sunness

    69. Neovascular age-related macular degenerationDavid E Lederer, Scott W Cousins, and Karl G Csaky

    70. Inhibition of

  • Leonard A Levin, MD, PhD, FARVO, Distinguished James McGill Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS, F.A. Davis Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Founding Director, University of Wisconsin McPherson Eye Research Institute, Madison, WI, USA
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