WHITCUP AND NUSSENBLAT.S UVEITIS. FUNDAMENTALS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE (DIGITAL VERSION INCLUDED)

DESCRIPTION

Comprehensive andreadable, Whitcup and Nussenblatt's Uveitis, 5th Edition, covers everyaspect of this complex subspecialtyin a single convenient volume.This clinically relevant guide covers the medical, pharmacological, and surgical treatmentof uveitis in a visually rich, full-color format, offering a complete overview for todaysclinicians. New and updated case studies, key pointsboxes, and more than 400 images and graphics highlightmajor clinical points and provideinsight into real situations that you can apply in practice.

·       Features multiple chapters on diagnostic approachto help youmeet the challenge of makingaccurate diagnoses.

·       Reflects advancements and new developments on all aspectsof uveitis including new medical and surgical treatments.

·       Covers key topics such as the use of PCRin diagnostic testing, cataract surgery in patients with uveitis,the use of OCT in diagnosis and treatment, new infectious causes of uveitis (including Zika and Ebola),and novel treatments for inflammatory eye disease.

·       Includes new clinical photographs,illustrations, and OCT images throughout.

·       Reviews new randomized clinical trials of new uveitistherapy, as well as the approach topatients with HIV and HIV-associated ocular diseases including CMV retinitis and immune recovery uveitis.

·       Provides expanded information on masquerade syndromeswith important tips on diagnosis and management of intraocular lymphoma.

·       Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you toaccess all of the text,figures, and references from the bookon a variety of devices.

By Scott M. Whitcup, MD, Founder and CEO Akrivista and WhitecapBiosciences, Irvine,California; Clinical Faculty,UCLA Stein Eye Institute,David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles,California. and H. Nida Sen

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS

Elements ofthe Immune System and Concepts of Intraocular 
Inflammatory Disease Pathogenesis 1

PART 2: DIAGNOSIS

Medical History in the Patient withUveitis

Examination ofthe Patient with Uveitis

Development ofa Differential Diagnosis

Diagnostic Testingand Imaging

Optical CoherenceTomography in Uveitis

Evidence-BasedMedicine in Uveitis

PART 3: MEDICAL THERAPY AND SURGICALINTERVENTION

Approaches toMedical Therapy

Role of Surgeryin the Patient with Uveitis

PART 4: INFECTIOUSUVEITIC CONDITIONS

Bacterial and FungalDiseases

Spirochetal Diseases

Acquired ImmunodeficiencySyndrome

Acute Retinal Necrosis and Progressive Outer Retinal Necrosis

Other Viral Diseases

Ocular Toxoplasmosis

Ocular Histoplasmosis

Ocular toxacariasis

Onchocerciasis andOther Parasitic Diseases

Postsurgical Uveitis

PART 5: NON INFECTIOUS UVEITIC CONDITIONS

Anterior Uveitis

Scleritis

Intermediate Uveitis

Sarcoidosis

Sympathetic Ophthalmia

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome

Birdshot Chorioretinopathy

Behçets Disease

Retinal Vasculitis

Serpiginous Choroidopathy

White-Dot Syndromes

Masquerade Syndromes