OPHTHALMOLOGY

Child Abuse

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Child Abuse Alex V. Levin Child abuse is often categorized into four subgroups: physical abuse, sexual abuse, child neglect, and emotional abuse. All types of child abuse may have ocular…

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Pulmonary

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Pulmonary Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson Stephen Kraft Few pulmonary disorders have ophthalmic manifestations. In addition to sarcoidosis, the focus of this chapter, patients with asthma may have signs…

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Psychiatric

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Psychiatric Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson Psychiatric illnesses and ophthalmic disorders can be associated in three different patterns: (a) psychiatric diseases causing ophthalmic disease; (b) ophthalmic diseases causing emotional…

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Vitamins

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Vitamins Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson Elise Héon Vitamins, minerals, and metals are critical for the maintenance of ocular health and are required for the visual process. Many imbalances…

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Cornea

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Cornea Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson David Rootman Jerome Kazdan The cornea develops from surface ectoderm (corneal epithelium) and neural crest cells (corneal stroma and endothelium). Developmental anomalies can…

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Gastrointestinal

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Gastrointestinal Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson Stephen P During development, neural crest migration to form the gastrointestinal tract and many of the ocular tissues occurs at similar times of…

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Endocrine

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Endocrine Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson Robert Pashby The pituitary gland is responsible for regulating hormonal activity within the body. Abnormalities of the pituitary gland may lead to hormonal…

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Iris and Pupils

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Iris and Pupils Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson J. Raymond Buncic David Rootman The iris is formed during ocular development by an extension of the optic vesicle (neuroectoderm) forward…

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Orbit

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Orbit Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson Dan DeAngelis Robert Pashby Jeffrey Hurwitz The orbit contains multiple tissues, each of which is subject to disease. A disease process in any…

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Lens

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Lens Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson David Rootman The lens of the eye is derived from surface ectoderm, which invaginates into the optic vesicle during embryogenesis. This newly formed…

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