Contemporary and thoroughly up-to-date, this book advises contact lens practitioners on the examination, function and pathogenesis of the tear film. With comprehensive text and superb colour illustrations, this manual presents the most current information on tear film research. An essential purchase for all practitioners involved in contact lens fitting and prescribing.
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Contact lens practitioners and optometrists; students of optometry, ocular pathology and ocular physiology, ophthalmologists
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-0-7506-4196-8 (9780750641968)
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Michael Doughty, BSc MSc PhD FAAO (Diplomate), Professor of Ocular Pharmacology and Physiology, Department of Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK; Jennifer Craig, PhD MCOptom FAAO, The Desmond Hadden, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Jean-Pierre Guillon, BSc PhD FCOptom, Research Consultant, The Dry Eye Clinic, Institute of Optometry, London, UK; Alan Tomlinson, MSc PhD FCOptom DCLP DOrth FAAO, Head, Department of Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK; George Smith, FRCOphth, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Paybody Eye Unit,Coventry and Warwick Hospital, Coventry, UK
Introduction: The importance of tear film; The cornea and conjunctival surfaces in relation to the tear film; Structure and function of the preocular tear film; Current clinical techniques to study the tear film and tear secretions; Time and the tear film; Pathology of the tear film; The tear film - its role today and in the future.
