Overview
- The definitive text on the diagnosis and treatment of scleral diseases, with emphasis on inflammatory diseases and systemic implications of scleral disease
- Contains the most current information available on medical and surgical treatment of the inflammatory diseases of the sclera
- Revised and updated edition includes new color illustrations
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
The Sclera is the definitive text on the diagnosis and treatment of scleral diseases, with in-depth chapters on non-infectious scleritis, infectious sclertitis, non-inflammatory diseases of the sclera, and systemic implications of scleral disease. Basic physiology, anatomy, and biochemistry are addressed as well. Written for the ophthalmologist, the revised and updated new edition of The Sclera contains the most current information available on newer characterizations of the composition of the sclera, immune derangements of it, and success in medical and surgical treatment of the inflammatory diseases of the sclera.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Maite Sainz de la Maza, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Clinical Institute of Ophthalmology   Â
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
msainz@clinic.ub.es
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Joseph Tauber, MD
Tauber Eye Center
4400 Broadway, Suite 202
Kansas City, Missouri 64111Â
JT@TAUBEREYE.COM
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C. Stephen Foster, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution
5 Cambridge Center, 8th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
sfoster@merci.com
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Sclera
Authors: Maite Sainz de la Maza, Joseph Tauber, C. Stephen Foster
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6502-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6501-1
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3696-0
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6502-8
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIII, 320