Chapter 35 Stem Cells and Cellular Therapy Martin Friedlander, David R. Hinton For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com Stem cells as therapeutics to treat retinal disease Nothing more dramatically captures…
Chapter 106 Prevention of Retinal Detachment C.P. Wilkinson Introduction Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment continues to be an important cause of reduced visual acuity and blindness. In consecutive series, initial surgical attempts…
Chapter 4 Autofluorescence Imaging Monika Fleckenstein, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, Frank G. Holz Basic principles Fundus autofluorescence Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging is a noninvasive imaging method for in vivo mapping of naturally…
Chapter 72 Central Serous Chorioretinopathy David T. Liu, Andrew C. Fok, Waiman Chan, Timothy Y. Lai, Dennis S. Lam Introduction Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) was first described by Albrecht von…
Chapter 102 Primary Vitrectomy in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Young Hee Yoon, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Hiroko Terasaki For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com Introduction Currently, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) continues to be…
Chapter 34 Gene Therapy for Retinal Disease Jean Bennett, Albert M. Maguire For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com Background: preclinical gene therapy studies Gene therapy holds great promise for the…
Chapter 146 Charged-Particle Irradiation of Uveal Melanoma Evangelos S. Gragoudas, Anne Marie Lane, Ivana K. Kim Introduction Radiotherapy is currently the most widely used method for treating intraocular melanomas, having…
Chapter 44 Abnormalities of Cone and Rod Function David M. Wu, Amani A. Fawzi For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com This chapter will review a genetically heterogeneous group of retinal…
Chapter 135 Melanocytoma of the Optic Disc Jerry A. Shields, Leonard Joffe, Carol L. Shields General considerations Melanocytoma of the optic disc, a lesion best known to ophthalmologists, has received…
Chapter 152 Choroidal Osteoma Carol L. Shields, Gary C. Brown, Sanjay Sharma, Jerry A. Shields General considerations The presence of bone within the eye is unusual and can develop in…
