Mechanisms of the glaucomas: disease processes and therapeutic modalities

The mechanisms of the various forms of glaucoma were unknown at the outset ofthe twentieth century. Late in the twentieth century, two nascent areas of research were beginning to provide glimpses of what the twenty-first century held in store for the future of glaucoma: the mechanisms of glaucomatous optic neuropathy and the molecular basis of the glaucomas. In Mechanisms of the Glaucomas: Disease Processes and Therapeutic Modalities, the authors review the mostcurrent knowledge available in the field and provide a basis in which researchers can effectively study the glaucomas. The intent of the book is not primarily to describe the clinical appearances of the glaucomas nor how to manage them. INDICE: From the contents Age and Racial Variation in the Prevalence of Open-Angle Glaucoma in the United States.- Epidemiology of and Risk Factors for Primary Open Angle Glaucoma.- The Reykjavik Eye Study on the Prevalence of Glaucoma in Iceland and Identified Risk Factors.- Defined Glaucoma in Chinese Population.- The Wroclaw Epidemiological Study: Screening Possibilities of Glaucoma Detection.- Pre Trabecular Mechanisms of Intraocular Pressure Elevation.- Trabecular Mechanisms of Intraocular Pressure Elevation.- Trabecular Mechanisms: Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome.- Posttrabecular Mechanisms with Elevated Episcleral Venous Pressure.- Angle Closure Glaucomas: Anterior (Pulling) Mechanisms.-Angle Closure Glaucomas: Posterior (Pushing) Mechanisms With Pupillary Block.- Angle Closure Glaucomas: Posterior (Pushing) Mechanisms without Pupillary Block.- Genetics and Glaucoma Susceptibility.- Myocilin Mutations and their Rolein Open Angle Glaucoma.

• ISBN: 978-1-58829-956-7
• Editorial: Humana
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés