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Whitcup and Nussenblatt's Uveitis,

Edition 5 Fundamentals and Clinical Practice

Editors: By Scott M. Whitcup, MD and H. Nida Sen, MD, MHSc

Publication Date: 30 Jun 2021

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Comprehensive and readable, Whitcup and Nussenblatt's Uveitis, 5th Edition, covers every aspect of this complex subspecialty in a single convenient volume. This clinically relevant guide covers the medical, pharmacological, and surgical treatment of uveitis in a visually rich, full-color format, offering a complete overview for today’s clinicians. New and updated case studies, key points boxes, and more than 400 images and graphics highlight major clinical points and provide insight into real situations that you can apply in practice.

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Features multiple chapters on diagnostic approach to help you meet the challenge of making accurate diagnoses.
Reflects advancements and new developments on all aspects of uveitis including new medical and surgical treatments.
Covers key topics such as the use of PCR in diagnostic testing, cataract surgery in patients with uveitis, the use of OCT in diagnosis and treatment, new infectious causes of uveitis (including Zika and Ebola), and novel treatments for inflammatory eye disease.
Includes new clinical photographs, illustrations, and OCT images throughout.
Reviews new randomized clinical trials of new uveitis therapy, as well as the approach to patients with HIV and HIV-associated ocular diseases including CMV retinitis and immune recovery uveitis.
Provides expanded information on masquerade syndromes with important tips on diagnosis and management of intraocular lymphoma.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

About the author

By Scott M. Whitcup, MD, Founder and CEO Akrivista and Whitecap Biosciences, Irvine, California; Clinical Faculty, UCLA Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.; H. Nida Sen, MD, MHSc, Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, Director of Uveitis Clinic and Fellowship Program, Head of Clinical and Translational Immunology Unit, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD and Professor, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS

Elements of the Immune System and Concepts of Intraocular
In¿ammatory Disease Pathogenesis 1

PART 2: DIAGNOSIS

Medical History in the Patient with Uveitis

Examination of the Patient with Uveitis

Development of a Differential Diagnosis

Diagnostic Testing and Imaging

Optical Coherence Tomography in Uveitis

Evidence-Based Medicine in Uveitis

PART 3: MEDICAL THERAPY AND SURGICAL INTERVENTION

Approaches to Medical Therapy

Role of Surgery in the Patient with Uveitis

PART 4: INFECTIOUS UVEITIC CONDITIONS

Bacterial and Fungal Diseases

Spirochetal Diseases

Acquired Immunode¿ciency Syndrome

Acute Retinal Necrosis and Progressive Outer Retinal Necrosis

Other Viral Diseases

Ocular Toxoplasmosis

Ocular Histoplasmosis

Ocular toxacariasis

Onchocerciasis and Other Parasitic Diseases

Postsurgical Uveitis

PART 5: NON INFECTIOUS UVEITIC CONDITIONS

Anterior Uveitis

Scleritis

Intermediate Uveitis

Sarcoidosis

Sympathetic Ophthalmia

Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada Syndrome

Birdshot Chorioretinopathy

Behçet’s Disease

Retinal Vasculitis

Serpiginous Choroidopathy

White-Dot Syndromes

Masquerade Syndromes

Whitcup and Nussenblatt's Uveitis,

Editors: By Scott M. Whitcup, MD and H. Nida Sen, MD, MHSc

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