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Title:
All about your eyes
Author:
Fekrat, Sharon, editor.
ISBN:
9781478011606
Edition:
Second edition, revised and updated.
Physical Description:
xvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Anatomy of the eye and how it works -- Preventive eye care -- Why do I need glasses? -- Options for correcting vision -- Eyelids and eyelashes -- Conjunctiva and sclera -- The cornea -- Lens and cataract -- Age-related macular degeneration / Ankur Mehra, MD and Ramiro S. Maldonado, MD -- Diabetic retinopathy / Obinna Umunakwe, MD, PhD -- Other conditions of the retina and choroid -- Infection and inflammation of the eye -- Tumors of the eye and orbit -- The optic nerve -- The eye muscles -- The orbit -- Eye injury -- Systemic diseases that affect vision and the eye -- Cosmetic eyelid surgery / Kenneth Neufeld MD, Anna Ginter, MD, and Julie A.Woodward, MD -- Living with visual impairment -- What tests may the doctor order?
Abstract:
"A concise, easy-to-understand reference book, the revised and updated second edition of the bestselling All about Your Eyes tells you what you need to know to care for your eyes, various eye diseases and treatments, and what to expect from your eye doctor"-- Provided by publisher.