Diagnosis & Treatment of Uveitis
C Stephen Foster
Diagnosis & Treatment of Uveitis - illustrated - New Delhi: JP Medical Ltd c2013 - 1290 pages - G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series .
Uveitis is inflammation of the middle layer of the eye, which is known as the uvea or uveal tract. It is a complex condition with a variety of causes and clinical manifestations, including injury, infection or an underlying condition.
This 1200pp second edition brings ophthalmologists fully up to date with the latest developments in diagnosing and treating uveitis. Beginning with the basic principles of the disease, its diagnosis and management, the following sections discuss the treatment of numerous different infectious, non infectious, masquerade and autoimmune syndromes. Basic science, differential diagnosis, pathology and clinical management are discussed for each condition.
Written by specialists from the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI) and John A Moran Eye Center in the USA, this comprehensive new edition includes 699 colour images and illustrations.
Key points
Comprehensive, second edition bringing ophthalmologists fully up to date with diagnosis and treatment of uveitis
Discusses different uveitis syndromes – infectious, non infectious, masquerade and autoimmune
Authored by US ophthalmic specialists
Includes 699 full colour images and illustrations
First edition published in 2001 by Saunders
9350255723 9789350255728 = Common terms and phrases active acute retinal necrosis agents antibiotic antibodies antigen aqueous Arch Ophthalmol arthritis associated azathioprine blood brucellosis Candida cataract cause cells chorioretinal choroidal chronic ciliary Clin clinical corneal corticosteroids cyclosporine cytomegalovirus diagnosis differential dose drug effects efficacy endophthalmitis endothelial factor fever findings first flare fluid fundus gene HELLdVHI hemorrhage human idiopathic imaging immune response Immunol immunosuppressive infection inflammatory disease inhibition intermediate uveitis intravitreal involvement iris keratitis laser leprosy lesions Lyme disease lymphocytes macrophages macular edema manifestations membrane methotrexate molecules multifocal neovascularization nerve NSAIDs occur ocular histoplasmosis ofpatients ofthe ophthalmic Ophthalmology oral panuveitis pars plana pars planitis peripheral pigment posterior uveitis protein reactions receptor recurrent reported retinal detachment retinal vasculitis retinochoroiditis rickettsiae risk rubella sarcoidosis scleritis serum significant specific steroid subretinal surgery syndrome syphilis systemic tacrolimus therapeutic therapy tissue toxicity toxoplasmosis treatment tuberculosis vascular virus visual acuity vitrectomy vitreous Whipple’s disease
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Diagnosis & Treatment of Uveitis - illustrated - New Delhi: JP Medical Ltd c2013 - 1290 pages - G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series .
Uveitis is inflammation of the middle layer of the eye, which is known as the uvea or uveal tract. It is a complex condition with a variety of causes and clinical manifestations, including injury, infection or an underlying condition.
This 1200pp second edition brings ophthalmologists fully up to date with the latest developments in diagnosing and treating uveitis. Beginning with the basic principles of the disease, its diagnosis and management, the following sections discuss the treatment of numerous different infectious, non infectious, masquerade and autoimmune syndromes. Basic science, differential diagnosis, pathology and clinical management are discussed for each condition.
Written by specialists from the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI) and John A Moran Eye Center in the USA, this comprehensive new edition includes 699 colour images and illustrations.
Key points
Comprehensive, second edition bringing ophthalmologists fully up to date with diagnosis and treatment of uveitis
Discusses different uveitis syndromes – infectious, non infectious, masquerade and autoimmune
Authored by US ophthalmic specialists
Includes 699 full colour images and illustrations
First edition published in 2001 by Saunders
9350255723 9789350255728 = Common terms and phrases active acute retinal necrosis agents antibiotic antibodies antigen aqueous Arch Ophthalmol arthritis associated azathioprine blood brucellosis Candida cataract cause cells chorioretinal choroidal chronic ciliary Clin clinical corneal corticosteroids cyclosporine cytomegalovirus diagnosis differential dose drug effects efficacy endophthalmitis endothelial factor fever findings first flare fluid fundus gene HELLdVHI hemorrhage human idiopathic imaging immune response Immunol immunosuppressive infection inflammatory disease inhibition intermediate uveitis intravitreal involvement iris keratitis laser leprosy lesions Lyme disease lymphocytes macrophages macular edema manifestations membrane methotrexate molecules multifocal neovascularization nerve NSAIDs occur ocular histoplasmosis ofpatients ofthe ophthalmic Ophthalmology oral panuveitis pars plana pars planitis peripheral pigment posterior uveitis protein reactions receptor recurrent reported retinal detachment retinal vasculitis retinochoroiditis rickettsiae risk rubella sarcoidosis scleritis serum significant specific steroid subretinal surgery syndrome syphilis systemic tacrolimus therapeutic therapy tissue toxicity toxoplasmosis treatment tuberculosis vascular virus visual acuity vitrectomy vitreous Whipple’s disease
--Medical / Ophthalmology--Medical / Internal Medicine -- Medical / Clinical Medicine --Medical › Clinical Medicine