Dietary Prevention and Treatment of Ocular Disease
Dietary Prevention and Treatment of Ocular Disease Billy R. Hammond Jr. Eric Lien INTRODUCTION Training in nutrition in most allopathic medical schools is minimal1 and limited to a focus on…
Contact Lens-Related Corneal Infections
Contact Lens-Related Corneal Infections Fiona Stapleton Mark Willcox INTRODUCTION Contact lenses for the correction of low refractive errors remain a popular alternative to spectacles as a means of vision correction,…
The Management of Glaucoma in Pregnancy
The Management of Glaucoma in Pregnancy M. Reza Razeghinejad L. Jay Katz INTRODUCTION Glaucoma and pregnancy fortunately are rarely seen together, since the vast majority of women who develop glaucoma…
Secondary Angle-Closure Glaucoma
Secondary Angle-Closure Glaucoma Asha Yancy Okorie Eydie Miller-Ellis Husam Ansari In contrast to primary angle closure, in which angle closure can be thought to result from a congenital but normal…
The Role of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
The Role of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Philip Storey Larry A. Donoso INTRODUCTION Both genetic and environmental factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of age-related…
Ocular Manifestations of Autosomal Dominant Systemic Conditions
Ocular Manifestations of Autosomal Dominant Systemic Conditions Majida Gaffar Steven E. Rubin Leonard B. Nelson This chapter reviews those autosomal dominant conditions that have associated eye findings. Familiarity with these…
Clinicopathologic Correlates in Orbital Disease
Clinicopathologic Correlates in Orbital Disease Zeynel A. Karcioglu Maria Kirzhner Of all essential human senses, vision is the most important. The eyes, organ of vision, should be well protected and…
Topical and Systemic Antiviral Agents
Topical and Systemic Antiviral Agents Steven A. Teich Tony W. Cheung Antiviral chemotherapy has lagged behind the development of antibiotics for bacterial infections. Because bacteria are relatively complex self-replicating organisms,…
Techniques of Scleral Buckling
Techniques of Scleral Buckling Jeremy D. Wolfe George A. Williams Scleral buckling is an effective surgical technique for the repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. The scleral indentation achieved with scleral…
Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Retina
Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Retina John M. Nickerson J. Fielding Hejtmancik In this chapter we provide reference material to provide the resident and clinical ophthalmologist with an adequate…
