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Degenerative and Metabolic Diseases in Adults | Parashkev Nachev, PhD, MRCP(UK), University College London; Christopher Kennard, PhD, FRCP, FMed Sci, University of Oxford | This chapter describes degenerative and metabolic diseases in adults. |
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Hereditary Optic Neuropathies | Nancy J. Newman, MD, Emory Eye Center | "The hereditary optic neuropathies comprise a group of disorders in which the cause of optic nerve dysfunction appears to be hereditable, based onfamilial expressionor genetic analysis (1,2)." |
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Retroviruses and Retroviral Diseases | Lynn K. Gordon, MD, UCLA | "The retroviridae family encompasses a group of viruses in which the replicative life cycle requires reverse transcription of the viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) genome into doublestranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (1)." |
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Sarcoidosis | Steven R. Hamilton, MD | "Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder of unknown etiology that has significant ocular, neurologic, and neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations." |
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Viruses (Except Retroviruses) and Viral Diseases - Part 2 | Paul W. Brazis, MD, Mayo Clinic; Neil R Miller, M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University | "Viruses are important causes not only of human systemic disease but also of neurologic and visual disease. It is not the purpose of this chapter to consider all known viruses that produce human disease or to consider all diseases produced by those viruses. Instead, we will restrict this chapter to ... |
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Miscellaneous Diseases of Presumed Infectious Etiology | Jacqueline Winterkorn, MD, PhD (1947-2015), Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmlogy, Weill Cornell Medicine; Zak, Rochelle S | "In this chapter, we discuss diseases of neuro-ophthalmologic interest thought to be caused by infectious agents that have yet to be identified." |
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Degenerative and Metabolic Disease in Infants and Children | Repka, Michael X | This chapter describes degenerative and metabolic diseases in infants and children. |
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Optic Neuritis | Craig H. Smith MD, Swedish Medical Center-Cherry Hill | "Optic neuritis is a term usedto refer to inflammation of the optic nerve." |
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Topical Diagnosis of Acquired Optic Nerve Disorders | Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Flora L. Thornton Chair, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC; Agarwal, Madhu R | Distinguishing an optic neuropathy from retinal disease. |
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Topical Diagnosis of Tumors | Nancy J. Newman, MD, Emory Eye Center | "In this chapter, we consider the symptoms and signs that may occur in patients with ocular, orbital, intracranial, and spinal cord tumors." |
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Tumors Derived from Hematopoietic Cells and Tissue | John Kerrison, MD, Retina Consultants of Charleston | "Hematopoiesis is the orderly process of blood cell proliferation and maturation." |