Advances in Ophthalmology - S. Rumelt (Intech, Bio Med 1
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ADVANCES IN
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Edited by
Shimon Rumelt
Advances in Ophthalmology
Edited by Shimon Rumelt
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Advances in Ophthalmology, Edited by Shimon Rumelt
p. cm.
ISBN 978-953-51-0248-9
Contents
Preface IX
Part 1
Basic Concepts in Ophthalmology 1
Chapter 1
Lasers in Ophthalmology
3
Magdalena Zdybel,
Barbara Pilawa and Anna Krzeszewska-Zaręba
Chapter 2
Microsurgical Techniques in Ophthalmology –
Current Procedures and Future Directions
25
Pradeep Prasad, Allen Hu,
Robert Beardsley and Jean-Pierre Hubschman
Chapter 3
Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels in the Eye
35
Zan Pan, José E. Capó-Aponte and Peter S. Reinach
Part 2
Cornea and Ocular Surface
47
Chapter 4
Recent Advances in Mucosal
Immunology and Ocular Surface Diseases
49
De-Quan Li, Zuguo Liu, Zhijie Li,
Zhichong Wang and Hong Qi
Chapter 5
Trafficking of Immune Cells
in the Cornea and Ocular Surface 79
Yureeda Qazi, Aslihan Turhan and Pedram Hamrah
Chapter 6
Keratoconus Layer by Layer –
Pathology and Matrix Metalloproteinases 105
Dasha Nelidova and Trevor Sherwin
Chapter 7
Corneal Surgical Techniques
119
Miroslav Vukosavljević,
Milorad Milivojević and Mirko Resan
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