Overview
- Provides the latest findings on genetic eye research in Asia
- Written by more than 75 leading researchers from the fields of Human Genetics, Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Sensory Sciences, and Clinical Research
- Will prove to be a major resource for all related researchers, clinicians, clinical researchers, and eye health professionals
Part of the book series: Essentials in Ophthalmology (ESSENTIALS)
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Table of contents (38 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book presents the state of the art in genetic eye research in Asia and the Pacific. Though there has been an explosion of information on genetic eye research in western countries, more than sixty percent of the human genes involved in eye diseases in the Asian and Pacific population remain unknown. However, new efforts and a new awareness have sparked important discussions on the subject, and new plans are being implemented to discover the genes responsible for many eye diseases in the population. The book reviews the latest findings; its content ranges from genetic aspects of human migration to DNA sequence analysis, genome-wide association analysis, and disease phenotypes. The efforts of the Asian Eye Genetic Consortium (AEGC) are also discussed. The book’s editors have been instrumental in developing strategies for discovering the new Asian genes involved in many eye diseases. All chapters were written by leading researchers working on Asian eye genetics from the fields of Human Genetics, Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Sensory Sciences, and Clinical Research. Advances in Vision Research, Volume I will prove to be a major resource for all researchers, clinicians, clinical researchers, and allied eye health professionals with an interest in eye diseases among the Asian population.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Gyan Prakash, Director, Office of International Program Activities, National Eye Institute-NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Dr. Takeshi Iwata, Director, Molecular and Cellular Biology Division, National Institute of Sensory Organs, Tokyo Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Tokyo, JAPAN
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Vision Research, Volume I
Book Subtitle: Genetic Eye Research in Asia and the Pacific
Editors: Gyan Prakash, Takeshi Iwata
Series Title: Essentials in Ophthalmology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56511-6
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56509-3Published: 05 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56807-0Published: 09 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56511-6Published: 24 April 2017
Series ISSN: 1612-3212
Series E-ISSN: 2196-890X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 523
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology, Human Genetics