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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789056603321

Autore

Van Gelder Russell N

Titolo

Review of uveitis / / Russell N. Van Gelder, Anita G. Prasad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thorofare, New Jersey : , : SLACK, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-61711-671-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PrasadAnita G. <1978->

Disciplina

617.7/20076

Soggetti

Uveitis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Basic concepts in immunology and the immune response arc -- Ocular immune responses and immune tolerance -- Mechanisms of immune effector reactivity -- Signs, symptoms, and classification of uveitis -- Laboratory evaluation of uveitis -- Medical and surgical management of uveitis -- Complications of uveitis -- Human leukocyte antigen-B27-associated diseases -- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis-related uveitis -- Lens-induced uveitis -- Other anterior uveitides -- Intermediate uveitis and pars planitis -- Viral retinitis -- Fungal, protozoal, and helminthic posterior uveitis -- Masquerade syndromes -- Collagen vascular and other autoimmune posterior vasculitides -- Bacterial panuveitis -- Ocular sarcoidosis -- Sympathetic ophthalmia and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease -- White dot syndromes -- Ocular involvement in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.