Focus on Macular Degeneration Research

Buch | Hardcover

321 Seiten

2004
Nova Biomedical (Verlag)
978-1-59033-898-8 (ISBN)

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Degeneration of the macula is the leading cause of legal blindness in people over fifty-five. The macula is used for most acute and detailed vision -- reading, driving, watching television, precise work, and recognising faces. However, this weakening of central vision does not necessarily affect colour and peripheral vision. Macular degeneration generally takes place over a gradual period and at different rates in each eye. Its causes are still unclear, but there exist two main types. 'Dry' degeneration occurs when the macular tissues of the retina thin and disturb pigmentation, and 'wet' includes bleeding and scar tissue. Though macular degeneration is usually age-related, there are forms that affect younger individuals, but the reasons behind those cases are not yet known. This new book provides state-of-the-art research results on this debilitating condition.

Susan Shannon, Editor

Contents: Preface; Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation; Hot Spots in Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Blood Circulation in Eyes with Age-related Maculopathy; Hypotrichosis with Juvenile Macular Dystrophy: Clinical and Molecular Features; The Multifocal Electroretinogram in Age Related Macular Degeneration; Electroretinographic Findings in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) Before and After Radiotherapy; Frequency Doubling Technology Perimetry in Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Optical Coherence Tomography of Age-Related Macular Degeneration; The Improvement of Reading Ability After Macular Translocation Surgery with 360 Degrees Retinotomy; Visudyne Therapy in Macular Degeneration with Subfoveal Predominantly Classic Choroidal Neovascularisation; In Vivo - Detection of Macular Pigment and its Influencing Effect by Letein Supplementation of Lutein; Displacement of Subretinal Hemorrhage due to ARMD by TPA and Gas Injection -- Who Benefits?; Cystoid Macular Edema Following Cataract Surgery; Visual and Anatomical Results of Sulcus Implantation of Three-Piece 6-mm Optic Foldable Hydrophobic Acrylic Intraocular Lens in Phacoemulsification Complicated by Posterior Capsule Rupture; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.2004
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	906 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
ISBN-10	1-59033-898-7 / 1590338987
ISBN-13	978-1-59033-898-8 / 9781590338988
Zustand	Neuware