Uveitis and Immunological Disorders 1

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Essentials in Ophthalmology

ISBN: 3540200452
ISBN 13: 9783540200451
Herausgeber: Uwe Pleyer/Bartly Mondino
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xvii, 291 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.10.2004
Auflage: 1/2005
Format: 1.8 x 24.8 x 17.7
Gewicht: 787 g
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: GEB

Uveitis and immunological disorders encompass a wide spectrum of potential blinding diseases that are seen in daily practice by many ophthalmologists. In recent years enormous progress has been made understanding the principal mechanisms of inflammatory and immunological processes in ocular disorders. The purpose of this volume of „Essentials in Ophthalmology“ is to provide 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. „Uveitis and Immunological Disorders „Fills the gap between textbooks and original research publications Focuses on clinical aspects of inflammatory eye diseases Covers a broad spectrum, including diseases affecting the conjunctiva, sclera and cornea as well as intraocular inflammation Includes basic research aspects such as immune mechanisms and genetics Is quick and easy to read: highly structured with „core messages“ and „summaries“ for the clinician This publication will serve not only as a valuable source of up-to-date information for ophthalmologists but will also be of interest to pediatricians, specialists in internal medicine and dermatologists confronted with inflammatory eye diseases.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

InhaltsangabeTargets in Ocular Allergy.- Dry Eye: Inflammation of the Lacrimal Functional Unit.- Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid.- Immunomodulation for Corneal Transplantation.- Scleritis.- Clinical Aspects of MALT.- Immunogenetics of Ocular Inflammatory Disease.- Immune Mechanisms in Uveitis.- The Tip of the Iceberg: Current Knowledge of Uveitis in Juvenile Arthritis.- Herpes Viruses in Ocular Inflammation.- Cytomegalovirus and the Eye.- Behçet's Disease.- Choroiditis: General Considerations and Classification.- Primary Inflammatory Choriocapillaropathies.- Stromal Choroiditis.- Immunomodulatory Therapy in Uveitis.- Vitrectomy in Uveitis.

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