Photodynamic therapy of ocular diseases
By: editors, Evangelos S. Gragoudas, Joan W. Miller, Leonidas Zografos.
Contributors: Gragoudas, Evangelos S.; Miller, Joan W.; Zografos, Leonidas.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Eye -- Diseases -- Photochemotherapy; Eye Diseases -- therapy; Photochemotherapy -- methods
Description: This text is designed to provide clinicians with an understanding of the basic physics of PDT and the rationale and techniques of PDT in ophthalmology and especially in age-related macular degeneration. The different photosensitizers, lasers, and possible future use of this new therapeutic modality for other intraocular pathologies are also discussed. This text offers a step-by-step, detailed approach to the use of PDT, picking up where the scientific journal articles leave off.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.