Dry eye and ocular surface disorders

• Other Authors: Pflugfelder, Stephen C. (Editor), Beuerman, Roger W. 1942- (Editor), Stern, Michael Elliot (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Marcel Dekker 2004
• Subjects: Dry Eye Syndromes > etiology; Keratoconjunctivitis; Ocular Physiological Phenomena
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• Physical Description: x, 428 pages illustrations (chiefly colour) 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780824747022; 082474702X

In addition to communicating current methods for diagnosis and assessing the array of conventional and newfound therapeutic options for dry eye and ocular surface disorders, this edifying reference offers scientific background on normal ocular surface and tear film functioning; descriptions of the mechanisms involved in inflammation; and a review of the unified theory of dry eye etiology