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Age-Related Macular Degeneration

This book is the first comprehensive volume on Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Under the expert direction of the editors at Scheie Eye Institute, the expert contributors discuss the disease, its progression, methods of diagnosis, treatment strategies, translocation and transplantation surgeries, laser procedures and more. With over 500 images (over 200 in colour) the book presents the most up-to-date information available in one volume.

Features:
* The first authoritative multi-contributed reference on the leading cause of blindness in the United States and western nations
* Concise and heavily illustrated format with color photographs
* Uses an interdisciplinary approach to AMD research and management and includes contributions from clinicians and researchers who are experts in those disciplines.
* Includes topics relevant to every-day use, as well as areas still being evaluated for usefulness.
* Description: Modalities like fluorescein angiography are commonly used, whereas indocyanine green angiography, laser prophylaxis and some pharamacological approaches are still being evaluated for their usefulness in AMD. Other topics like gene therapy and visual prostheses are years away from use.
* Over 230 color images
* Assimilates current research on pathobiology, potential inhibitors for the progression of the disease, current and new imaging methods, and new therapeutic and pharmacologic modalities
* Edited by three authorities on macular degeneration from a world-renowned eye institute (Scheie Eye Institute)
* Complements the existing successful Mosby publications on the retina, including the two successful Retina Atlases published by Mosby, Yannuzzi: Retina Atlas and Gass: Stereoscopic Atlas of Macular Diseases , 4th edition.
* Confirms Mosby's position as industry leader in Ophthalmology publications.