Glaucoma (Essentials in Ophthalmology)
Contributors: Franz Grehn (Editor); Robert Stamper (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9783540406082
Subjects: Ophthalmology; Vision; Health/Fitness; Health & Fitness; Medical / Nursing; Angle Closure Glaucoma; Childhood Glaucoma; Glaucoma Surgery; Medical / Ophthalmology; Non-penetrating Surgery; Normal Tension Glaucoma; Pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma; Visual Fields; Glaucoma
First sentence: Over the past decade, substantial promise for a future understanding of glaucoma has been seen due to the dramatic progress in medical and molecular genetics.
Description: Aims to give a picture of recent progress in the field of glaucoma, in both basic clinical research and applied clinical science, and to serve as a conceptual bridge between original research and textbook presentation. The volume encompasses (a) genetic aspects of different forms of glaucoma, such as normal tension glaucoma, pseudoexfoliative glaucoma, childhood glaucoma, and angle closure glaucoma, (b) methods of diagnosis, such as imaging techniques, visual fields, electrophysiology, and ultrasound biomicroscopy, and (c) aspects of therapy, such as the target pressure concept, wound modulation in glaucoma surgery, neuroprotection, treatment of normal tension glaucoma, and the evaluation of nonpenetrating surgery.