Clinical Light Damage to the Eye

Buch | Hardcover

225 Seiten

1987 | 1987 ed.
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-96451-5 (ISBN)

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To my mind, the superoxide radical discovered by Linus Pauling more than 50 years ago is about to become a major issue in Ameri- can medicine. Uncannily, Pauling's early focus on vitamin C has pointed the way to the whole catalogue of free-radical scavengers, which we in medicine will be using in the coming decade. In ophthalmology, the basic scientists have been talking about the role of free-radical induction by light for some time. They have accumulated an increasing amount of evidence supporting the idea that prolonged light exposure contributes to cataract development and retinal degeneration. Through Clinical Light Damage to the Eye, we hope to bring this message to the practicing ophthalmolo- gist. Because Dr. Pauling's work bears so strongly on the key issue of free-radical damage, and because of my own great respect for him as a scientist and a man of rare courage, I invited Dr. Pauling to write the foreword to Clinical Light Damage to the Eye, which follows.

The Nature of Light and of Light Damage to Biological Tissues.- 1. Radiation, Light, and Sight.- 2. The Photochemistry of Life and Cell Death: A Philosophical Overview.- Light Damage to the Eye.- 3. Perspective on Damage to Angle Structures.- 4. Light and the Cornea and Conjunctiva.- 5. Light Damage to the Lens.- 6. Phototoxic Changes in the Retina.- 7. Light-Induced Changes in the Skin of the Lid.- Protecting the Eye from Light Damage.- 8. Ultraviolet-Absorbing Intraocular Lens Implants.- 9. Approaches to Protection Against Light-Induced Changes in the Eye.- Overview of Light Damage to the Eye.- 10. Light-Induced Changes in Ocular Tissues.

Vorwort	Linus Pauling
Zusatzinfo	12 Tables, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 225 p. 15 illus.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	900 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
ISBN-10	0-387-96451-7 / 0387964517
ISBN-13	978-0-387-96451-5 / 9780387964515
Zustand	Neuware