Uveitis, 4th Edition: Fundamentals and Clinical Practice

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Uveitis, 4th Edition: Fundamentals and Clinical Practice

Editore

Elsevier

Anno

2010

Pagine

480

ISBN

9781437706673

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Uveitis is the comprehensive reference you need for a balanced approach to basic science and clinical application. Robert B. Nussenblatt and Scott M. Whitcup provide a cohesive and integrated discussion of the topic, covering everything from the role of surgery to AIDS to anterior uveitis and more. This new edition even includes full color throughout, 400 photographs and illustrations, and searchable access to the text online at expertconsult.com. Comprehensive yet readable, this resource packs everything you need in patient evaluation and management to achieve optimal results.

New to this edition

Includes access to the fully searchable text online at expertconsult.com.
Features significant updates to the chapters on the role of surgery in the patient with uveitis, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, anterior uveitis, white dot syndromes, and masquerade syndromes.
Covers advancements and new developments on all aspects of uveitis including new medical and surgical treatments.
Presents photographs in full color to better prepare you for actual clinical diagnosis.

Author Info

By Robert B. Nussenblatt, MD, Chief, Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, Chief, Office of Protocol Services, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD and Scott M. Whitcup, MD, Executive Vice President, Head, Research & Development, Chief Scientific Officer, Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA; Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Table of Contents:

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 1 Elements of the Immune System and Concepts of Intraocular
Inflammatory Disease Pathogenesis

PART 2: DIAGNOSIS

Chapter 2 Medical History in the Patient with Uveitis

Chapter 3 Examination of the Patient with Uveitis

Chapter 4 Development of a Differential Diagnosis

Chapter 5 Diagnostic Testing

Chapter 6 Evidence-Based Medicine in Uveitis

PART 3: MEDICAL THERAPY AND SURGICAL INTERVENTION

Chapter 7 Philosophy, Goals, and Approaches to Medical Therapy

Chapter 8 Role of Surgery in the Patient with Uveitis

PART 4: INFECTIOUS UVEITIC CONDITIONS

Chapter 9 Bacterial and Fungal Diseases

Chapter 10 Spirochetal Diseases

Chapter 11 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Chapter 12 Acute Retinal Necrosis and Progressive Outer Retinal Necrosis

Chapter 13 Other Viral Diseases

Chapter 14 Ocular Toxoplasmosis

Chapter 15 Ocular Histoplasmosis

Chapter 16 Toxocara canis

Chapter 17 Onchocerciasis and Other Parasitic Diseases

Chapter 18 Postsurgical Uveitis

PART 5: UVEITIC CONDITIONS NOT CAUSED
BY ACTIVE INFECTION

Chapter 19 Anterior Uveitis

Chapter 20 Scleritis

Chapter 21 Intermediate Uveitis

Chapter 22 Sarcoidosis

Chapter 23 Sympathetic Ophthalmia

Chapter 24 Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome

Chapter 25 Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy

Chapter 26 Behçet’s Disease

Chapter 27 Retinal Vasculitis

Chapter 28 Serpiginous Choroidopathy

Chapter 29 White-Dot Syndromes

Chapter 30 Masquerade Syndromes

Chapter 31 Other Ocular Diseases and the Immune Response: Who Would Have Thought?

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