The Sclera

• Main Authors: Sainz de la Maza, Maite (Author), Tauber, Joseph (Author), Foster, C. Stephen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

The Sclera is the definitive text on the diagnosis and treatment of scleral diseases, with in-depth chapters on non-infectious scleritis, infectious sclertitis, non-inflammatory diseases of the sclera, and systemic implications of scleral disease. Basic physiology, anatomy, and biochemistry are addr...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Structural Considerations of the Sclera
• 2. Immunologic Considerations of the Sclera
• 3. Diagnostic Approach to Episcleritis and Scleritis
• 4. Clinical Considerations of the Episcleritis and Scleritis
• 5. Pathology in Scleritis
• 6. Non Infectious Scleritis
• 7. Infectious Scleritis
• 8. Non Inflammatory Diseases of the Sclera
• 9. Treatment of Episcleritis and Scleritis.