Pathogenesis and Risk Factors of Glaucoma
Springer Berlin (Hersteller)
978-3-540-65912-9 (ISBN)
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During a closed international glaucoma symposium in Friedrichsruhe, Germany, contemporary scientific results on the pathogenesis and risk factors of glaucoma were discussed. The progress which has been made in glaucoma detection and treatment of new insights into the pathomechanisms of the glaucomas is summarized in this symposium volume. It includes topics such as compliance, medical therapy, wound healing, genetic risk factors, disk damage in relation to visual field loss, disk hemorrhages, intraocular pressure, low blood pressure, retinal ischemia, and treatment of causal factors in glaucoma.
Ophthalmology's Contributions to Clinical Research and Glaucoma.- The Metamorphosis of the Content of a term during the Course of Time.- Lack of Knowledge about glaucoma, a possible risk factor for blindness.- Compliance with Medical Therapy in Chronic Glaucoma.- Mechanisms of glaucoma development in psychoexfoliation syndrome: Wound healing and scarring of the developing filtering bleb.- Neurotransmitter receptors as potential targets of glaucoma pathogens.- Genetic Risk factors.- Molecular Genetics of Glaucoma.- The TIGR Gene.- Gene Therapy for Glaucoma.- Morphology of the Trabecular Meshwork.- Contractility of the Trabecular Meshwork.- The Actin Cytoskeleton and Aqueous outflow.- Glaucoma screening.- Disc Damage as a prognostic and therapeutic consideration in the management of patients with glaucoma.- Disc Hemorrhage as a risk factor for progression of Normal-Tension glaucoma.- Specific treatment of Causal Factors in Glaucoma.
| Zusatzinfo | 90 figs., 22 in color, 60 tabs. |
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| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde |
| ISBN-10 | 3-540-65912-9 / 3540659129 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-540-65912-9 / 9783540659129 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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