Uveitis and Immunological Disorders [Paperback]

Indispensable for continuous education and advanced training

All editors with international reputation and contributing authors with great expertise in their topic

Well-structured text and design, quick and easy to read

Bridges the gap between primary literature and daily practice

Every 2nd year each subject is covered with timely information about new developments in the specialised field

Targets in Ocular Allergy.- Dry Eye: Inflammation of the Lacrimal Functional Unit.- Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid.- Immunomodulation for Corneal Transplantation.- Scleritis.- Clinical Aspects of MALT.- Immunogenetics of Ocular Inflammatory Disease.- Immune Mechanisms in Uveitis.- The Tip of the Iceberg: Current Knowledge of Uveitis in Juvenile Arthritis.- Herpes Viruses in Ocular Inflammation.- Cytomegalovirus and the Eye.- Beh?et's Disease.- Choroiditis: General Considerations and Classification.- Primary Inflammatory Choriocapillaropathies.- Stromal Choroiditis.- Immunomodulatory Therapy in Uveitis.- Vitrectomy in Uveitis.

From the reviews:

The book has a number of strengths. The layout is easy on the eye and there easily digestible bullet point summaries. The quality of the photos and diagrams are excellent & . It is extremely well referenced and very up to date and, in this respect, succeeds in its objectives. (Vijay Shanmuganathan, eyenews, Vol. 12(1), June/July, 2005)

The book has seventeen chapters which deal with fundamentals in immunopathogenic mechanisms, diagnosis, medical and surgical therapy in uveitis and immunological disorders involving the eye. & the volume offers a superb, coherent foundation. The book is not only aimed at specialists in uveitis. Other subspecialists will also find answers to questions concerning & immunological diseases of the eye. & Almost all of the illustrations are in color with excellentls.