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Pediatric ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology, genetics with 26 tables

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
9783540336785, 3540336788
LCC
RE725 .P43 2008
Open Library ID
OL18506097M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9894633 bytes)
Series
Essentials in Ophthalmology
Pages
336\336
Library
Kingdwarf
Time added
2010-01-07 06:59:20

Description

The broad field of neuro-ophthalmology encompasses lesions of both the afferent and efferent pathways, which can result from various etiologies: tumoral, paraneoplastic, vascular, inflammatory, infectious, or hereditary, just to name a few. This volume of Essentials in Ophthalmology is dedicated to the review of new developments in neuro-ophthalmology, including those in diagnosis, physiology, investigations or therapeutic options. It is divided into six parts, designed to provide the clinician with a summary of some of the newest data regarding: Diseases of the optic nerve, unusual retinopathies, new methods of investigations of the retina, optic nerve, and visual brain, neuro-ophthalmic implications of some systemic disorders, oculomotility, visual rehabilitation. This up-to-date, concise, and practical book will help the clinician understand the unusual diseases of certain patients with neuro-ophthalmic disorders.

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