Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film and Dry Eye Syndromes: Basic Science and Clinical Relevence

Proceedings of the International Conference on [title], held in Southampton, Bermuda, November 1992. Following the keynote address (Regulation of Tear Secretion by D.A. Dartt), the volume covers: lacrimal gland anatomy and innervation/ electrophysiology, water and ion transport/signal transduction

List of contents

Keynote Address.- Lacrimal Gland: Anatomy and Innervation.- Lacrimal Gland: Electrophysiology, Water and Ion Transport.- Lacrimal Gland: Signal Transduction and Protein Secretion.- Lacrimal Gland: Immunology.- Molecular Biological Approaches to the Study of the Lacrimal Gland and Tear Film.- Tear Film Composition and Biophysical Properties.- Tear Proteins and Growth Factors.- Tear Film: Pharmacological Approaches and Effects.- Tear Film and Contact Lens Interactions.- Artificial Tears.- Dry Eye Syndromes: Pathogenesis and Diagnosis.- Dry Eye Syndromes: Treatment and Clinical Trials.- Sjögren's Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Diagnosis.- Sjögren's Syndrome: Treatment.- Sjögren's Syndrome Associations.- Advertisement: Lacrimedics, Inc..- Contributors.

Product details

• Assisted by: Darlene A. Dartt (Editor), Donald L. Mackeen (Editor), Austin K. Mircheff (Editor), Paul C. Montgomery (Editor), David A. Sullivan (Editor), Benjamin Walcott (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9780306446764
• ISBN: 978-0-306-44676-4
• No. of pages: 729
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 45 mm
• Weight: 1280 g
• Illustrations: 2 SW-Abb., 2 Farbabb., XXII, 729 p.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Volume 350; Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine