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Mechanisms of the Glaucomas Disease Processes and Therapeutic Modalities

:	Joyce Tombran-Tink, Colin J. Barnstable, M. Bruce Shields
:	Joyce Tombran-Tink, Colin J. Barnstable, M. Bruce Shields
:	Mechanisms of the Glaucomas Disease Processes and Therapeutic Modalities
:	Humana Press
:	9781597453738
:	1
:	CHF 190.80
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:	Klinische Fächer
:	English

:	762
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:	PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
:	PDF

The purpose of this important new book is to provide basic scientists working in the field of glaucoma with a current understanding of the clinical aspects of glaucoma. The authors comprehensively review the most current knowledge available in the field and provide a basis in which researchers can effectively study the glaucomas. The multidisciplinary book will be of great value as its contents will aid the reader in prevention of blindness from glaucoma.

	Preface	7
	Contents	11
	Contributors	15
	Companion CD	19
	I EPIDEMIOLOGY OF GLAUCOMA	21
	Age and Racial Variation in the Prevalence of Open- Angle Glaucoma in the USA	22
	INTRODUCTION	22
	PREVALENCE OF OAG	23
	EFFECT OF AGE	25
	EFFECT OF RACE	29
	ESTIMATING THE NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE USA WITH GLAUCOMA	32
	PREVALENCE OF BLINDNESS DUE TO GLAUCOMA	32
	IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY	33
	POLICY IMPLICATIONS	34
	CONCLUSION	34
	REFERENCES	34
	Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for Primary Open- Angle Glaucoma	38
	INTRODUCTION	38
	DEFINITIONS OF GLAUCOMA	39
	STUDY DESIGN	40
	PREVALENCE OF PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA	42
	INCIDENCE OF OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA FROM POPULATION- BASED STUDIES	45
	RISK FACTORS FOR GLAUCOMA	46
	REFERENCES	47
	The Reykjavik Eye Study on Prevalence of Glaucoma in Iceland and Identi . ed Risk Factors	54
	INTRODUCTION	54
	MATERIAL AND METHODS	55
	EXAMINATION	55
	DEFINITIONS	56
	RESULTS	57
	DISCUSSION	62
	REFERENCES	64
	Defined Glaucoma in Chinese Population	68
	INTRODUCTION	68
	PRIMARY GLAUCOMA	70
	Demographic Indices	72
	Age.	72
	Sex.	73
	Race.	73
	Ocular Factors	73
	Other risk factors	74
	Demographic Indices	75
	Age.	75
	Sex.	75
	Race.	75
	Ocular Factors	75
	Other Risk Factors	76
	SECONDARY GLAUCOMA	76
	CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA	77
	SUMMARY	78
	REFERENCES	78
	The Wroclaw Epidemiological Study	82
	INTRODUCTION	82
	SCREENING FOR GLAUCOMA	83
	THE WROCLAW EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY	86
	REFERENCES	96
	II MECHANISMS OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ELEVATION IN THE GLAUCOMAS	100
	Pretrabecular Mechanisms of Intraocular Pressure Elevation	102
	INTRODUCTION	102
	NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA	102
	IRIDOCORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL SYNDROME	108
	EPITHELIAL AND FIBROUS MEMBRANES	111
	INFLAMMATORY MEMBRANES	114
	REFERENCES	115
	Glaucomatous Changes in the Trabecular Meshwork	118
	INTRODUCTION	118
	ANATOMY	119
	AGING CHANGES	123
	PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA	124
	PSEUDOEXFOLIATION SYNDROME	126
	PIGMENTARY GLAUCOMA	128
	CORTICOSTEROID-INDUCED GLAUCOMA	131
	SUMMARY	132
	REFERENCES	133
	Trabecular Mechanisms of Intraocular Pressure Elevation	136
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