Title: Uveitis and immunological disorders /
Authors: Pleyer, Uwe, 1957-; Foster, C. Stephen 1942-
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Eye Diseases immunology; Eye Diseases physiopathology; Eye Diseases therapy; Uveitis immunology; Eye Immunology.; Eye Diseases Immunological aspects.; Uveitis.
Abstract: Provides the ophthalmologist with our present understanding of the pathogenesis of the most frequent immune-mediated disorders of the eye and a practical approach to these diseases. With a broad spectrum of contributions, including diseases affecting the conjunctiva, sclera and cornea as well as intraocular inflammation, this publication is a source of up-to-date information for ophthalmologists or anyone confronted with inflammatory eye diseases. Although mainly focused on clinical aspects of inflammatory eye diseases, several contributions address aspects such as immune mechanisms and genetics of these diseases.
Contents: Contact lens-related corneal infection / Barry A. Weissman, Anthony J. Aldave, Bartly J. Mondino -- New insights into the diagnosis and treatment of dry eye syndrome / Miki Uchino, Murat Dogru, Kazuo Tsubota -- Allergic conjunctivitis: clinical consequences and an update on understanding its pathophysiology / Andrea Leonardi -- Current aspects of the immunogiology and prevention of corneal graft rejection: what have we learned from 100 years of keratoplasty / X.Q. Li, S. Schlickeiser, U. Pleyer -- Autoimmune keratitis / John D. Gottsch -- Recent developments in herpes stromal keratitis / Gregory M. Frank, Robert L. Hendricks -- Genetic insights into uveitis / Friederike Mackensen ... [et al.] -- Cataract surgery in patients with uveitis / Jorge L. Alio, Javier A. Montero -- Ocular toxoplasmosis / Cristina Muccioli, Rubens Belfort Jr. -- Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease and sympathetic ophthalmia / P. Kumar Rao, Nasing A. Rao -- Neoplastic masquerade syndromes / Sarah E. Coupland -- Tumor necrosis factor alpha-targeted therapies in uveitis / Susan Cochrane, Andrew D. Dick -- Immunotherapy of uveitis: is gene therapy in our future? / Rachel R. Caspi -- Optic neuritis from the perspective of an ophthalmologist / Klaus Ruether.