Manual of ocular diagnosis and therapy

• Other Authors: Langston, Deborah P. 1940- Deborah Pavan (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2002
• Edition: fifth edition
• Subjects: Eye Diseases > outlines > diagnosis; Eye Diseases > outlines > therapy
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• Physical Description: x, 528 pages illustrations 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780781732987; 0781732980

This Fifth Edition clinical manual of ophthalmology continues as a highly practical book on ocular therapy and diagnosis. This guide features a concise outline format that covers a range of topics, including ocular problems, diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis and treatments. The format provides easy access to and quick retrieval for the clinician, and the book contains an extensive subject index and an ocular drug formulary. This new edition reflects advances in the field in light of clinical and lab diagnosis, technology, and drug development, and includes new information on glaucoma, retina, cornea, uvea, and refractive surgery. Updates are provided on all of the new drugs and dosages, diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, and new clinical entities. The book includes tables and appendices and contains a new section of color plate illustrations