Product Description: This work presents important concepts in the fields of immunology and ophthalmology, such as the induction of tolerance, xenografting, and the search for graft rejection. It concludes with discussion of state-of-the-art therapeutic approaches and the likelihood, in the near future, of including tolerance for corneal transplant in patients...read more

Product Description: This text contains the recent detailed results of the von Szily model, which is one of the few classical animal models in ophthalmology. The book contains a complete listing of the literature existing about this subject, a historical survey and an overview of the immunology of the HSV infection...read more

Product Description: This text outlines the various causes of uveitis, organized by the principal type and location of the inflammation. It presents specific approaches to the laboratory studies indicated for each particular type of uveitis. It helps to explain the fact that an occult systemic disease may present as uveitis, with a negative systemic investigations for as long as five years before extraocular manifestations become detectable...read more

Product Description: Seeking to enable the physician to make more accurate and rapid decisions regarding the treatment of patients with uveitis. This text is intended for both the practising and training ophthalmologist and aims to provide a concise yet thorough, quick reference guide for the ophthalmologist...read more

Product Description: This work concerns the immunology of the joint and eye.

Product Description: The eye and the ocular adnexa may give rise to over three hundred histologically different tumors - by far the largest tumor variety of the human body. However, the immunological behavior of these tumors has only been explored in some cases, although it is well established that the eye is an immune-privileged site in which cells that express foreign antigens escape immune-mediated elimination...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The approximately 300 figures that are central to the textbook are available here as actual PowerPoint slides, accompanied by the legends. These PowerPoint slides can be incorporated into lectures as illustrations. They can be played on a computer while reading the text...read more

Product Description: This well-structured and lavishly illustrated book is a comprehensive reference on intraocular inflammation that encompasses all anatomic forms, settings and etiologies. Individual sections are devoted to uveitis associated with systemic disorders, uveitis syndromes restricted to the eye, bacterial uveitis, viral uveitis, fungal uveitis, parasitic uveitis, uveitis caused by other microbes, traumatic uveitis, and masquerade syndromes...read more

Product Description: The innate immune system comprises the cells and mechanisms that are the first line of defence against infection by other organisms. This book provides a comprehensive synopsis of eye diseases, their immunological mechanisms and the role of the immune cells and mediators...read more