Smolin and Thoft's the cornea : scientific foundations and clinical practice / C. Stephen Foster, Dimitri T. Azar, Claes H. Dohlman ; editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foster, C. Stephen.

Azar, Dimitri T.

Dohlman, Claes H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cornea--Diseases.

Cornea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1339 p.)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Smolin and Thoft's The Cornea is often praised as the best available source of information on corneal and external diseases. This new edition, with its greatly expanded color atlas section, continues to provide guidance on diagnosing and managing problems associated with the cornea. It is now fully updated and contains additional information on corneal surgery, refractive surgery, and stem cell grafting, and a new chapter on optical and therapeutic contact lenses.

Contents:

""THE CORNEA SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PART I FUNDAMENTALS""; ""SECTION I BASIC SCIENCE""; ""THE ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN CORNEA, LIMBUS, CONJUNCTIVA, AND ADNEXA""; ""CORNEAL PHYSIOLOGY""; ""BASIC IMMUNOLOGY""; ""MORPHOLOGY AND PATHOLOGIC RESPONSE IN CORNEAL AND CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASE""; ""CORNEAL ANGIOGENESIS""; ""SECTION II EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION TECHNIQUES""; ""SLITLAMP BIOMICROSCOPY AND PHOTOGRAPHY""; ""CORNEAL PACHYMETRY""; ""KERATOMETRY""; ""CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY""; ""CLINICAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY""

""CLINICAL SPECULAR MICROSCOPY""""SECTION III EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CORNEA AND EXTERNAL DISEASES""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MAJOR CORNEA AND EXTERNAL DISEASES""; ""PART II CLINICAL TOPICS""; ""SECTION IV INFECTIOUS DISEASE""; ""BACTERIOLOGY""; ""BACTERIAL KERATITIS""; ""BACTERIAL CONJUNCTIVITIS""; ""VIRAL DISEASE OF THE OCULAR ANTERIOR SEGMENT: BASIC SCIENCE AND CLINICAL DISEASE""; ""FUNGAL KERATITIS, CONJUNCTIVITIS, AND CANALICULITIS: MYCOLOGY""; ""FUNGAL INFECTIONS""; ""PARASITIC KERATITIS AND CONJUNCTIVITIS""; ""CHLAMYDIAL KERATITIS AND CONJUNCTIVITIS""; ""SECTION V IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASE""

""LIGNEOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS""""ROSACEA""; ""THYGESON�S SUPERFICIAL PUNCTATE KERATITIS""; ""FILAMENTARY KERATITIS""; ""CLIMATIC KERATOPATHY""; ""DACRYOADENITIS""; ""SECTION VII METABOLIC AND CONGENITAL DISEASE""; ""CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES AND METABOLIC DISEASES AFFECTING THE CONJUNCTIVA AND CORNEA""; ""SECTION VIII CONJUNCTIVAL CORNEAL DYSPLASIA AND MALIGNANCY""; ""OVERVIEW OF TUMORS OF THE CONJUNCTIVA AND CORNEA""; ""EPITHELIAL TUMORS INVOLVING THE OCULAR SURFACE""; ""PIGMENTED TUMORS OF THE CORNEA AND CONJUNCTIVA""; ""SECTION IX TRAUMA""; ""CHEMICAL TRAUMA""

""PHYSICAL INJURIES OF THE CORNEA""""SECTION X CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES AND DEGENERATIONS""; ""ANTERIOR CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES: DYSTROPHIES OF THE EPITHELIUM, EPITHELIAL BASEMENT MEMBRANE, AND BOWMAN�S LAYER""; ""STROMAL AND PRE-DESCEMET�S DYSTROPHIES""; ""CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHIES""; ""CORNEAL AND CONJUNCTIVAL DEGENERATIONS""; ""ECTATIC DISORDERS OF THE CORNEA""; ""SECTION XI CORNEAL AND CONJUNCTIVAL MANIFESTATIONS OF DIETARY DEFICIENCIES""; ""CORNEAL AND CONJUNCTIVAL MANIFESTATIONS OF DIETARY DEFICIENCIES""; ""SECTION XII CONTACT LENSES""

""THE ROLE OF CONTACT LENSES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CORNEAL DISORDERS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4698-7493-8

OCLC:

908076112