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- Describes the management of diseases of the cornea and external eye in children
- Covers all important disorders
- Describes surgical management
- Explains the differential diagnosis of red eye
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Essentials in Ophthalmology (ESSENTIALS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Kathryn Colby
About the editor
Kathryn Ann Colby, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and an ophthalmic surgeon at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. She is also Director of the Pediatric Cornea Service at Boston Children’s Hospital and Chair of the Ocular Oncology Center of Excellence at Harvard Medical Center. Dr. Colby is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and has served on various of its committees. She is a member of the board of directors of both the Cornea Society and the New England Ophthalmologic Society: she is Co-Chair of the “Cornea Society U” Outreach Program for the former and Chair of the Ophthalmic Services Committee for the latter. In addition, she is a member of the Planning Committee for the World Cornea Congress VII. Dr. Colby is the recipient of an Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a Mentorship Award from Women in Ophthalmology. She is a member of the editorial boards of Cornea and Eye and Contact Lens and is the author of more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed publications. She has also written many book chapters, reviews, and editorials and is a section editor for Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology, 3rd edition (Albert DM, Miller JW, Azar DT, Blodi B, eds. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2008) and co-editor of Ophthalmic Drug Guide, 2nd edition (New York: Springer, 2011).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Corneal Diseases in Children
Book Subtitle: Challenges and Controversies
Editors: Kathryn Colby
Series Title: Essentials in Ophthalmology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55298-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55296-5Published: 17 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85621-6Published: 14 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55298-9Published: 23 June 2017
Series ISSN: 1612-3212
Series E-ISSN: 2196-890X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 148
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology, Pediatrics