Animal Models of Ophthalmic Diseases [Hardcover]

This book describes experimental animal models that mimic common human ocular diseases: herpetic keratitis, cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, uveitis, retinitis pigmentosa, Graves disease, and intraocular tumors.?In conjunction, these models reflect the diversity and utility of tools used to study human disease.?World expert clinicians discuss each model based on their clinical experience and the text is supported by numerous photos and diagrams. In describing the most pertinent animal models of ophthalmic diseases, this book will be of interest to ophthalmologists, vision researchers, fellows, residents and medical students.

1.????? Animal models of herpetic keratitis

2.?????? ANIMAL MODELS OF CATARACTS

3.?????? Animal Models of Glaucoma

4.?????? Animal Models Age-Related Macular Degeneration

5.????? Animal Models of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Subretinal Inflammation

6.?????? Animal models of diabetic retinopathy

7.?????? Animal Models of autoimmune uveitis

8.?????? Animal Models of Retinitis Pigmentosa

9.?????? Animal Model of Graves' Orbitopathy

10.?? Animal models of ocular tumors

Epiologue

Chi-Chao Chan, MD, graduated from the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., in 1975. She completed a residency in the Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine and then became a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute and a second Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Eye Institute. Since 1992 she has been Chief of the Section on Immunopathology, Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and in 1999 she was also appointed Chief of the Histology Core at the institute. Dr. Chan has received numerous awards, incl6