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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789139903321

Titolo

Childhood glaucoma : the 9th concensus report of the World Glaucoma Association / / editors, Robert N. Weinreb [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Kugler Publications, , 2013

ISBN

90-6299-863-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

Consensus series ; ; 9

Altri autori (Persone)

WeinrebRobert N. <1949->

Disciplina

617.7

Soggetti

Glaucoma in children

Glaucoma

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

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1. DEFINITION, CLASSIFICATION,DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; 2. ESTABLISHING THE DIAGNOSIS ANDDETERMINING GLAUCOMA PROGRESSION; 2. ESTABLISHING THE DIAGNOSIS ANDDETERMINING GLAUCOMA PROGRESSION; 3. GENETICS; 4. MEDICATIONS; 5. GLAUCOMA SURGERY IN CHILDREN; 6. PRIMARY CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA ANDJUVENILE OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA; 7. GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH NONACQUIREDOCULAR ANOMALIES; 8. GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH NONACQUIREDSYSTEMIC DISEASE ORSYNDROME; 9. GLAUCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIREDCONDITIONS; 10. GLAUCOMA FOLLOWING CATARACTSURGERY

ADDENDUM - PATIENTS, PARENTS ANDPROVIDERS AS PARTNERS IN MANAGINGCHILDHOOD GLAUCOMASUMMARY CONSENSUS POINTS; INDEX OF AUTHORS

Sommario/riassunto

PrefaceChild hood is the topic of the ninth World Glaucoma Association Consensus. There has been only sparse attention to the diagnosis and treatment of childhood glaucoma. Both pediatric ophthalmologists and glaucoma specialists provide care for such children. In some instances, they manage these individuals alone and, in others, the management is shared. For this consensus, the participation of both groups was solicited. The global faculty, consisting of leading authorities on the clinical and scientific aspects of childhood glaucoma, met in Vancouver on July 16, 2013, just prior to the Worl