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This book offers a concise but comprehensive overview of scleritis, with up-to-date information on all aspects, including diagnosis and treatment. Fundamental features of the pathogenesis of scleral inflammation are first discussed as a basis for understanding the therapeutic strategies. Detailed de...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Essentials in Ophthalmology,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49915-4 |
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This book offers a concise but comprehensive overview of scleritis, with up-to-date information on all aspects, including diagnosis and treatment. Fundamental features of the pathogenesis of scleral inflammation are first discussed as a basis for understanding the therapeutic strategies. Detailed descriptions are then provided of clinical manifestations, the complications that can arise during the course of the disease process, and the best way to manage them. An individual chapter is devoted to infectious scleritis and its management, this being an uncommon but serious condition that may re |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (X, 123 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319499154 |
| Index Number: | RE1 |
| CLC: | R77 |
| Contents: | General Considerations on Anatomy and Pathogenesis of Scleral Inflammation -- Classification and Clinical Presentations -- Associated Systemic Diseases -- Infectious Scleritis -- Diagnostic Approach to Scleritis -- Complications and their Management -- Management with Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents -- Management with Steroids: Local and Systemic -- Management with Immunosuppressive Therapy and Biologics. . |