Penfold, Philip L.

Macular Degeneration / edited by Philip L. Penfold, Jan M. Provis. - xvii, 202 páginas 70 ilustraciones in 193 separate ilustraciones recurso en línea.

Springer eBooks

Organization of the Adult Primate Fovea -- Immunology and Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Photoreceptor Degeneration in Aging and Age-Related Maculopathy -- Genes and Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Epidemiology of Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Age-Related Macular Degeneration in China -- Experimental Models of Macular Degeneration -- Transporters and Oxidative Stress in AMD -- Photoreceptor Stability and Degeneration in Mammalian Retina: Lessons from the Edge -- Clinical Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment of AMD: Implications from Research.

Macular Degeneration: Science and Medicine in Practice provides a unique overview of current thinking in the pathogenesis, incidence and treatment of AMD. It includes, for the first time, a synthesis of the views of the world's leading scientists and practitioners regarding retinal biology, basic mechanisms, clinical and pathogenetic processes, and rational approaches to intervention.

9783540269779

10.1007/b138399 doi

RE1-994