Retinal degenerations
Subtitle: mechanisms and experimental therapy
By: edited by Matthew M. LaVail, Joe G. Hollyfield, and Robert E. Anderson.
Contributors: LaVail, Matthew M.; Hollyfield, Joe G.; Anderson, Robert E.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 533
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers; Springer
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
Subjects: Retinal degeneration -- Congresses.; Retinal Degeneration -- genetics -- Congresses.; Disease Models, Animal -- Congresses.; Gene Therapy -- Congresses.; Photoreceptors -- Congresses.; Retinal Degeneration -- physiopathology -- Congresses.; Retinal Degeneration -- therapy -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: The topics in this volume explore the etiology, cellular mechanisms, epidemiology, genetics, models and potential therapeutic measures for the blinding diseases of retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. Special focus is highlighted in the areas of Mechanisms of Photoreceptor Degeneration and Cell Death, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Usher Syndrome, and Gene Therapy. In addition, the section on Basic Science Related to Retinal Degeneration is particularly strong with several laboratories reporting on new discoveries in the area of outer segment phagocytosis, a key component of photoreceptor-retinal pigment epithelial cell interactions in normal and degenerating retinas.
Notes: "X International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration (also known as RD2002) was held on September 30-October 5, 2002 ... Bürgenstock region of Switzerland"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.