Age-related macular degeneration / edited by Jennifer I. Lim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lim, Jennifer I., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retinal degeneration.

Older people--Diseases.

Older people.

Vision disorders in old age.

Macular Degeneration.

Medical Subjects:

Macular Degeneration.

Physical Description:

xvi, 539 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2002]

Contents:

Aging of retina and retinal pigment epithelium / Brian D. Sippy and David R. Hinton

Histopathological characteristics of age-related macular degeneration / Ehud Zamir and Narsing A. Rao

Immunology of age-related macular degeneration / Scott W. Cousins and Karl G. Csaky

Nonexudative macular degeneration / Neelakshi Bhagat and Christina J. Flaxel

Geographic atrophy / Sharon D. Solomon, Michael J. Cooney, and Janet S. Sunness

Exudative age-related macular degeneration / Jennifer I. Lim

Indocyanine green angiography / Antonio P. Ciardella ... [et al.]

Optical coherence tomography for age-related macular degeneration / Mark J. Rivellese, Adam Martidis and Elias Reichel

Laser photocoagulation for choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration / Jonathan Yoken ... [et al.]

Photodynamic therapy / Mark S. Blumenkranz and Kathryn W. Woodburn

Radiation treatment in age-related macular degeneration / Christina J. Flaxel and Paul Finger

Photocoagulation of AMD-associated CNV feeder vessels / Robert W. Flower

Transpupillary thermotherapy of subfoveal occult choroidal neovascularization / Adam H. Rogers ... [et al.]

Choroidal neovascularization / Peter A. Campochiaro and Frances E. Kane

Submacular surgery for patients with age-related macular degeneration / P. Kumar Rao and Matthew A. Thomas

Limited macular translocation / Kah-Guan Au Eong ... [et al.]

Use of adjuncts in surgery for age-related macular degeneration / Lawrence P. Chong

Argon laser to Drusen / Frank J. McCabe and Allen C. Ho

Treatment of nonexudative age-related macular degeneration with infrared (810 nm) diode laser photocoagulation / Thomas R. Friberg

Risk factors for age-related macular degeneration and choroidal neovascularization / Kah-Guan Au Eong and Julia A. Haller

The psychosocial consequences of vision loss / Gretchen B. Van Boemel

Clinical considerations for visual rehabilitation / Susan A. Primo

Retinal prosthesis / Kah-Guan Au Eong ... [et al.]

Genetics of age-related macular degeneration / Philip J. Rosenfeld

Retinal pigment epithelial cell transplantation in age-related macular degeneration / Lucian V. Del Priore, Henry J. Kaplan and Tongalp H. Tezel

Assessment of visual function and quality of life in patients with age-related macular degeneration / Paul J. Mackenzie and Thomas S. Chang

Clinical research trials / A. Frances Walonker and Rohit Varma.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

082470682X

OCLC:

49943013