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Uveitis and Immunological Disorders

Progress III

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Authors:
  1. Uwe Pleyer

    1. Department of Ophthalmology, Universitätsklinikum Berlin Charité, Berlin, Germany

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  2. John V. Forrester

    1. Department of Ophthalmology Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Histocompatibility Matching in Penetrating Keratoplasty

    • Daniel Böhringer, Thomas Reinhard
    Pages 1-7

  3. Acute A nterior Uveitis and HLA-B27: 2 What's New?

    • John H. Chang, Peter J. McCluskey, Denis Wakefield
    Pages 9-18

  4. What Can the Aqueous Humour Tell Us About Uveitis?

    • Alastair K. O. Denniston, S. John Curnow
    Pages 19-27

  5. Is Diabetic Retinopathy an Inflammatory Disease? Inflammation as a Stimulus for Vascular Leakage and Proliferati on

    • Antonia M Joussen
    Pages 29-43

  6. Steroid Sensitivity in Uveitis

    • Richard W. J. Lee, Lauren P. Schewitz, Ben J. E. Raveney, Andrew D. Dick
    Pages 45-54

  7. Multiple Sclerosis and Uveitis

    • Graeme J. Williams
    Pages 55-60

  8. Inflammation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: What is the Evidence?

    • Heping Xu, John V. Forrester
    Pages 61-71

  9. Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Immunological Factors in the Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Consequences

    • Aize Kijlstra, Ellen C. La Heij, Fleur Goezinne, Fred Hendrikse
    Pages 73-85

  10. Patterns of Retinal Vascular Involvement in the Diagnosis of Retinal Vasculitis

    • Miles R. Stanford, Rashmi Mathew
    Pages 87-96

  11. Masquerade Syndromes

    • Shouvik Saha, Elizabeth M. Graham
    Pages 97-115

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 117-119
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About this book

The Essentials in Ophthalmology series represents an aged by readership acceptance of the first two series, unique updating publication on the progress in all sub- each of eight volumes. This is a success that was made specialties of ophthalmology. possible predominantly by the numerous opinion-lead- In a quarterly rhythm, eight issues are published cov- ing authors and the outstanding section editors, as well ering clinically relevant achievements in the whole field as with the constructive support of the publisher. There of ophthalmology. This timely transfer of advancements are many good reasons to continue andstill improve the for the best possible care of our eye patients has proven to dissemination of this didactic and clinically relevant be effective. The initial working hypothesis of providing information. new knowledge immediately following publication in the peer-reviewed journal and not waiting for the textbook G. K. Krieglstein appears to be highly workable. R. N. Weinreb We are now entering the third cycle of the Ess- tials in Ophthalmology series, having been encour- Series Editors Preface Our knowledge and understanding of immune-mediated the most recent research material available. The scope of diseases has increased exponentially over the past few the chapters ranges from well-recognized immune dis- years, especially in the areas of immunopathogenesis and ders such as cornea transplantation, uveitis and diabetic immunotherapeutics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Ophthalmology, Universitätsklinikum Berlin Charité, Berlin, Germany

    Uwe Pleyer

  • Department of Ophthalmology Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

    John V. Forrester

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Uveitis and Immunological Disorders

  • Book Subtitle: Progress III

  • Authors: Uwe Pleyer, John V. Forrester

  • Series Title: Essentials in Ophthalmology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69459-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-69458-8Published: 04 December 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08897-1Published: 30 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-69459-5Published: 19 December 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1612-3212

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-890X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 120

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ophthalmology

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