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By
C. Stephen Foster, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Immunology and Uveitis Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA
Albert Vitale, MD, Chief, Uveitis Division, Member, Vitreoretinal Division, King Khaled Eye Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Description
This comprehensive volume presents both immunologic fundamentals as they relate to uveitis and the practical approach to the treatment
of these diseases. Dr. Foster is the leader in the aggressive medical management of ocular inflammatory diseases, and the book reflects
25 years' experience in the world's busiest uveitis clinic. With contributions from 60 international specialists, this new title provides
encyclopedic coverage of basic science, diagnosis, and clinical management, as well as thorough discussions of ocular inflammatory diseases
in all regions of the world.
Contents
1. PART I. BASIC PRINCIPLES
1. Introduction
2. The Uvea: Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology
3. Definition, Classification,
Etiology, and Epidemiology
4. Philosophy
5. Basic Immunology
PART II. PRINCIPLES OF DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
6. Diagnosis
of Uveitis
7. Imaging Studies
8. Treatment of Uveitis: Overview
9. Corticosteroids
10. Mydriatic and Cycloplegic Agents
11.
Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs
12. Immunosuppressive Chemotherapy
13. Diagnostic Surgery
14. Therapeutic Surgery
PART
III. THE UVEITIS SYNDROMES - INFECTIOUS
15. Syphillis
16. Borreliosis
17. Bartonella
18. Tuberculosis
19. Leptosporosis
20.
Brucellosis
21. Ocular Whippleís Disease
22. Rickettsial Diseases
23. Ocular Leprosy
24. Herpesvirsus
25. Rift
Valley Fever
26. Measles
27. Rubella
28. Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome
29. Candidiasis
30. Coccidiodomycosis
31.
Cryptococcosis
32. Sporotrichosis
33. Toxoplasmosis
34. Free Living Amoebas and Amoebiasis
35. Giardia Lamblia
36. Trypanosomiasis
37.
Pneumocystotis
38. Ocular Toxocariasis
39. Ascariasis
40. Onchocerciasis
41. Loiasis
42. Cysticerosis
43. Diffuse Unilateral
Subacute Neuroretinitis
44. Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis)
45. Ophthalmomyiasis
46. Ophthalmia Nodosa
47. HIV-associated
Uveitis
PART IV. THE UVEITIS SYNDROMES -- MASQUERADE SYNDROMES
48. Masquerade Syndromes: Malignancies
49. Masquerade
Syndromes: Endophthalmitis
50. Masquerade Syndromes: Miscellaneous
PART V. THE UVEITIS SYNDROMES -- TRAUMA
51. Traumatic
Uveitis
PART VI. THE UVEITIS SYNDROMES -- AUTOIMMUNE
52. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
53. Systemic Lupus Erthematosus
54.
Progressive Systemic Sclerosis
55. Giant Cell Arteritis
56. Adamantiades-Behcetís Disease
57. Polyarteritis Nodosa
58.
Wegner's Granulomatosis
59. Eye Disease and Systemic Correlates in Relapsing Polychondritis
60. Antiphospholipid Syndrome
61.
Fuchs' Heretochromic Iridocyclitis
62. Multiple Sclerosis
63. Sarcoidosis
64. Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis (TINU)
Syndrome
65. Birdshot Retinochroroidopathy
66. Sympathetic Opthalmia
67. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome
68. Multifocal Choroiditis
and Panueveitis
69. Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome
70. Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Eipitheliopathy
71.
Acute Retinal Pigment Epithelitis
72. Serpiginous Choroiditis
73. Subretinal Fibrosis and Uveitis Syndrome
74. Punctate Inner
Choroidopathy
75. Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
76. Lens-Induced Uveitis
77. Retinal Vasculitis
78. Intermediate Uveitis
PART
VII. THE UVEITIS SYNDROMES -- MEDICATION-INDUCED
79. Medication-Induced Uveitis
Bibliographic & ordering Information
Hardbound, 900 pages, publication date: OCT-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-6338-8
ISBN-10: 0-7216-6338-9
Imprint: SAUNDERS
999/999
Last update: 26 Aug 2008
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