Genetics for Ophthalmologists : The Molecular Genetic Basis for Ophthalmic Disorders

by Black, Graeme

• ISBN13: 9781901346206
• ISBN10: 190134620X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Remedica Pub Ltd

Summary

Over the past decade advances in molecular biology have transformed our understanding of the genetic basis of a broad range of ophthalmic conditions and of the disease processes that underlie them. Genetics for Ophthalmologists gives a concise summary of the current clinical understanding of genetic ophthalmology and how it may be applied to diagnosis management and counseling of patients with inherited eye diseases. In addition the book gives detailed information of recent advances in genetic eye disease and how disease pathophysiology correlates with this molecular genetic information. Genetics for Ophthalmologists is aimed at general and specialist ophthalmologists, at trainees at all levels as well as at clinical and molecular geneticists interested in the genetics of eye disease.

Table of Contents

Corneal disease	1	(27)
Lens	27	(30)
Glaucoma	57	(24)
Inherited retinal disease	81	(88)
Vitreoretinal disorders	169	(18)
Optic nerve	187	(14)
Defects of pigmentation	201	(12)
Metabolic disorders	213	(28)
Conditions associated with increased risk of malignancy	241	(26)
Defects of ocular/adnexal development	267	(12)
Glossary	279	(54)
Abbreviations	333	(8)
Index	341