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Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Genetics

Publication year: 2008

ISBN: 978-3-540-33679-2

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The broad field of neuro-ophthalmology encompasses lesions of both the afferent and efferent pathways, which can result from various etiologies: tumoral, paraneoplastic, vascular, inflammatory, infectious, or hereditary, just to name a few. This volume of Essentials in Ophthalmology is dedicated to the review of new developments in neuro-ophthalmology, including those in diagnosis, physiology, investigations or therapeutic options. It is divided into six parts, designed to provide the clinician with a summary of some of the newest data regarding diseases of the optic nerve, unusual retinopathies, new methods of investigations of the retina, optic nerve, and visual brain, neuro-ophthalmic implications of some systemic disorders, oculomotility, visual rehabilitation. This up-to-date, concise, and practical book will help the clinician understand the unusual diseases of certain patients with neuro-ophthalmic disorders.


Subject: Medicine, Neuropathie, Oculomotility, Optic nerve, Optic neuropathies, Retinal disorders, Anatomy, Development, Eye, Genetics, Infectious diseases, Mitochondria, Nystagmus, Retina, Visual evoked potential (VEP), Ophthalmology Pediatrics, Human Genetics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences