Covering the entire spectrum of inherited eye diseases, including
retinal degenerative disorders that lead to vision loss, this guide
devotes entire chapters to specific diseases such as glaucoma and
strabismus-offering clinical descriptions, laboratory tests, methods
to confirm diagnoses, and insights into disease pathology,
epidemiology, and genetics
studies recently identified genes and the identification and
management of new eye disorders
reviews the clinical evaluation, prognostic assessment, and
management of inherited eye diseases
presents chapters according to the affected tissue or disease entity-
serving as a quick and easily-accessible guide for busy practitioners
and optometrists
Keeping pace with the changing face of genetics in ophthalmology,
this Second Edition contains new chapters on molecular genetics,
thrombophilia, and genetically triggered retinal vascular diseases,
as well as offers many new subchapters highlighting current research
by recognized leaders in the field.