Biostatistics
Biostatistics Simon Hollands MD, MSc (Epid) Sanjay Sharma MD, MS (Epid), FRCSC, MBA Hussein Hollands MD, FRCSC, MSc (Epid) Introduction In Chapter 1 various study designs were discussed in order…
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Health Economics
Health Economics Hussein Hollands MD, FRCSC, MSc (Epid) Sanjay Sharma MD, MS (Epid), FRCSC, MBA Introduction Economic evaluation in medicine has the potential to greatly influence policy decisions in both…
Clinical Epidemiology
Clinical Epidemiology Hussein Hollands MD, FRCSC, MSc (Epid) Simon Hollands MD, MSc (Epid) Sanjay Sharma MD, MS (Epid), FRCSC, MBA Introduction It is now commonplace for physicians and patients to…
Retina and Vitreous
Retina and Vitreous Elise Héon Nasrin Najm-Tehrani Brenda Gallie Wai-Ching Lam Peter Kertes Robert Devenyi Carol Westall Thomas W. Wilson Alex V The retina develops from the neuroectodermal cells of…
Phakomatoses
Phakomatoses Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson Agnes Wong The phakomatoses are a group of diseases that have cutaneous, central nervous system, and ocular manifestations. They often present with dermatologic…
Rheumatology
Rheumatology Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson David Rootman Rheumatologic diseases include the collagen vascular disorder, systemic vasculitides, and other related disorders. These diseases often have an immunologic pathophysiology. Arthritis…
Optic Nerve
Optic Nerve Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson J. Raymond Buncic Agnes Wong Wai-Ching Lam The optic nerve arises as an outpouching of the anterior neural tube. The optic stalk,…
Strabismus
Strabismus Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson Stephen P. Kraft David Smith Linda Calpa Strabismus can be classified into congenital or acquired forms, as well as comitant versus incomitant entities….
Craniofacial
Craniofacial Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson J. Raymond Buncic The craniofacial disorders are characterized by malformation of the cranial vault and/or facial bones. Premature fusion of one or more…
Dermatology
Dermatology Alex V. Levin Thomas W. Wilson David Rootman Elise Héon Dermatologic diseases will often have an associated ophthalmic manifestation because of the common embryologic origin of the ocular structures…
