Ocular therapeutics : eye on new discoveries / edited by Thomas Yorio, Abbot F. Clark, Martin B. Wax.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yorio, Thomas.

Clark, Abbot F.

Wax, Martin B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eye--Diseases--Treatment.

Eye.

Eye Diseases--therapy.

Eye--Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Eye Diseases--therapy.

Physical Description:

xv, 520 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA ; London : Elsevier Academic Press, 2008.

Contents:

1. Eye as a drug target / Thomas Yorio, Abbot F. Clark and Martin B. Wax

2. drug delivery systems in ophthalmic applications / Alan L. Weiner

3. IOP as a target: inflow and outflow pathways / Iok-Hou Pang and Abbot F. Clark

4. Ciliary body: a potential multifaceted functional neuroendocrine unit / Thomas Yorio, Ganesh Prasanna and Miguel Coca-Prados

5. Growth factors and neurotrophic factors as targets / Robert J. Wordinger and Abbot F. Clark

6. New therapies for dry eye disease / Gary N. Foulks

7. Refractive surgery: corneal opacity (haze) after surface ablation / Steven E. Wilson and Fabricio W. Medeiros

8. Progress in preventing age-related cataract / David C. Beebe and Ying-Bo Shui

9. Myopia pharmacology: etiologic clues, therapeutic potential / Richard A. Stone

10. Immune system and the eye / Jerry Y. Niederkorn and M. Reza Dana

11. Ocular allergy: clinical, therapeutic and drug discovery considerations / John M. Yanni and Neal P. Barney

12. Ocular inflammation in anterior segment / Shlomit Schaal and Henry Kaplan

13. Posterior segment uveitis / Russell N. Van Gelder

14. New anti-infectives for ophthalmology / Barry A. Schlech

15. Tissue repair and regeneration / Peng Tee Khaw ... [et al.]

16. Therapeutic drugs for anterior segment ocular surgery / Malik Y. Kahook and Joel S. Schuman

17. Therapeutic agents for posterior segment vitrectomy surgery / Lucian V. Del Priore, Henry J. Kaplan and Tongalp H. Tezel

18. Progress and prospects in ocular gene therapy / Xuyang Liu ... [et al.]

19. Neuroprotection in glaucoma / Joseph Caprioli and Natik Piri

20. Degenerative retinopathies / Gerald J. Chader

21. Ocular angiogenesis / Jing Chen and Lois E.H. Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780123705853

0123705851

OCLC:

155678425