Myopia and Glaucoma

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sugiyama, Kazuhisa (Editor), Yoshimura, Nagahisa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

This book serves as an introductory reference on clinical aspects of glaucoma and myopia, providing essential guidelines for diagnosis and monitoring of glaucoma progression in patients, especially those with high myopias. Many clinical studies are presented by leading experts in the field in an acc...

Table of Contents:

• 1. An epidemiologic perspective
• 2. Clinical features in Myopic Glaucoma
• 3. Glaucoma diagnosis in myopic eyes
• 4. High Myopia and Myopic Glaucoma: Findings in the Peripapillary Retina and Choroid in Highly Myopic Eyes
• 5. Visual Field Damage in Myopic Glaucoma
• 6. Myopic Optic Neuropathy
• 7. High Myopia and Myopic Glaucoma: Anterior Segment Features
• 8. Ocular Blood Flow in Myopic Glaucoma.