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Whitcup and Nussenblatt's Uveitis, 5th Edition
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Whitcup and Nussenblatt's Uveitis
5th Edition
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ISBN Number | 9780323480147 |
Main Author | By Scott M. Whitcup, MD and H. Nida Sen |
Copyright Year | 2022 |
Edition Number | 5 |
Format | Book |
Trim | 276 x 216 (8 1/2 x 10 7/8) |
Illustrations | Approx. 425 illustrations (375 in full color) |
Imprint | Elsevier |
Page Count | 430 |
Publication Date | 30 Jun 2021 |
Stock Status | IN STOCK |
Book Description
Comprehensive and readable, Whitcup and Nussenblatt's Uveitis, 5th Edition, covers every aspect of this complex subspecialty in a single convenient volume. This clinically relevant guide covers the medical, pharmacological, and surgical treatment of uveitis in a visually rich, full-color format, offering a complete overview for today?s clinicians. New and updated case studies, key points boxes, and more than 400 images and graphics highlight major clinical points and provide insight into real situations that you can apply in practice.
Key Features
- Features multiple chapters on diagnostic approach to help you meet the challenge of making accurate diagnoses.
- Reflects advancements and new developments on all aspects of uveitis including new medical and surgical treatments.
- Covers key topics such as the use of PCR in diagnostic testing, cataract surgery in patients with uveitis, the use of OCT in diagnosis and treatment, new infectious causes of uveitis (including Zika and Ebola), and novel treatments for inflammatory eye disease.
- Includes new clinical photographs, illustrations, and OCT images throughout.
- Reviews new randomized clinical trials of new uveitis therapy, as well as the approach to patients with HIV and HIV-associated ocular diseases including CMV retinitis and immune recovery uveitis.
- Provides expanded information on masquerade syndromes with important tips on diagnosis and management of intraocular lymphoma.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Author Information
By Scott M. Whitcup, MD, Founder and CEO Akrivista and Whitecap Biosciences, Irvine, California; Clinical Faculty, UCLA Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California. and H. Nida Sen
Book Contents
PART 1:?FUNDAMENTALS
- Elements of the Immune System and Concepts of Intraocular
In?ammatory Disease Pathogenesis?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 1 - Medical History in the Patient with Uveitis
- Examination of the Patient with Uveitis
- Development of a Differential Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Testing and Imaging
- Optical Coherence Tomography in Uveitis
- Evidence-Based Medicine in Uveitis
- Approaches to Medical Therapy
- Role of Surgery in the Patient with Uveitis
- Bacterial and Fungal Diseases
- Spirochetal Diseases
- Acquired Immunode?ciency Syndrome
- Acute Retinal Necrosis and Progressive Outer Retinal Necrosis
- Other Viral Diseases
- Ocular Toxoplasmosis
- Ocular Histoplasmosis
- Ocular toxacariasis
- Onchocerciasis and Other Parasitic Diseases
- Postsurgical Uveitis
- Anterior Uveitis
- Scleritis
- Intermediate Uveitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Sympathetic Ophthalmia
- Vogt?Koyanagi?Harada Syndrome
- Birdshot Chorioretinopathy
- Behçet?s Disease
- Retinal Vasculitis
- Serpiginous Choroidopathy
- White-Dot Syndromes
- Masquerade Syndromes
PART 2: DIAGNOSIS
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PART 3:?MEDICAL THERAPY AND SURGICAL INTERVENTION
PART 4:?INFECTIOUS UVEITIC CONDITIONS
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PART 5:?NON INFECTIOUS UVEITIC CONDITIONS