Macular degeneration : causes, diagnosis and treatment / Eddie J. Campbell and Leslie M. McMann, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Campbell, Eddie J.

McMann, Leslie M.

Series:

Eye and vision research developments series.

Eye and vision research developments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retinal degeneration.

Age factors in disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Topics covered include: correlation of phenotype and genotype in age-related macular degeneration; role of anti-VEGF therapies in neovascular AMD; the biochemical and genetic studies that support the treatment of the pathogenic retina and ocular blood flow in degenerative myopia.

Contents:

Correlation of phenotype and genotype in age-related macular degeneration / Henry E. Wiley, Chi-Chao Chan

Role of anti-VEGF therapies in neovascular AMD : what the clinical trials tell us / Shripaad Y. Shukla, Daniel F. Kiernan, Jennifer I. Lim

Surgical options for age-related macular degeneration : past, present, and future treatment options / Pradeep S. Prasad, Jean-Pierre Hubschman

Emerging new rationale for the treatment of pathogenic retina based on molecular genetic and biochemical studies / Barkur S. Shastry

Ocular blood flow in degenerative myopia / Galina Dimitrova, Satoshi Kato

Hereditary and age-related macular degeneration / Nancy Skoura, Josephine Hoh, Ju Liu

Cigarette smoke and hypertension : two risk factors for age-related macular degeneration / Maria Marin-Castano

Nanotechnology-based drug delivery system in treating age-related macular degeneration / Yasuhiro Tamaki

Macular degeneration / Peter Francis.

Notes:

"Nova biomedical."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62417-526-0

OCLC:

828423761