Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Glaucoma - Basic and Clinical Concepts

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Shimon Rumelt
Shimon Rumelt

Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University

Published11 November 2011

Doi10.5772/792

ISBN978-953-307-591-4

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6568-2

Copyright year2011

Number of pages604

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Mechanism of Aqueous Humor Secretion, Its Regulation and Relevance to Glaucoma

By Mohammad Shahidullah, Waleed Hassan Al-Malki and Nicholas A. Delamere

13,936
9
2. Retinal Ganglion Cell Death

By Yasemin Budak and Müberra Akdogan

3,784
1
2,429
4. Molecular Control of Retinal Ganglion Cell Specification and Differentiation

By Mengqing Xiang, Haisong Jiang, Kangxin Jin and Feng Qiu

2,357
1
6. Excitotoxic Injury to Retinal Ganglion Cells

By William A. Hare, Cun-Jian Dong, and Larry Wheeler

2,633
7. Neuroprotection in Glaucoma

By Brett H. Mueller II, Dorota L. Stankowska and Raghu R. Krishnamoorthy

3,433
2
9. Glaucoma Genetics – Regulation of Cell Surviving and Death in the Retina

By Maria D. Pinazo-Durán, Roberto Gallego-Pinazo, Vicente Zanón-Moreno and Manuel Serrano

2,806
10. A Vascular Approach to Glaucoma

By Luís Abegão Pinto and Ingeborg Stalmans

2,899
11. Corneal Viscoelastical Properties Related to Glaucoma

By Horea Demea, Sorina Demea and Rodica Holonec

2,752
13. Sleep Apnea and Glaucoma – Greater Risk for Blacks?

By Ferdinand Zizi, Adnan Mallick, Monika Dweck, Douglas Lazzaro and Girardin Jean-Louis

2,855
14. Quality of Life (QoL) in Glaucoma Patients

By Georgios Labiris, Athanassios Giarmoukakis and Vassilios P. Kozobolis

10,434
4
15. Glaucoma Animal Models

By Elena Vecino and Sansar C. Sharma

3,073
11
17. Anterior Chamber Angle Assessment Techniques

By Claudio Campa, Luisa Pierro, Paolo Bettin and Francesco Bandello

33,261
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18. End Stage Glaucoma

By Tharwat H. Mokbel

6,217
20. Novel Glaucoma Surgical Devices

By Parul Ichhpujani and Marlene R. Moster

7,204
21. Cyclodestructive Procedures

By Sima Sayyahmelli and Rakhshandeh Alipanahi

5,569
22. Another Look on Cyclodestructive Procedures

By Antonio Fea, Dario Damato, Umberto Lorenzi and Federico M. Grignolo

3,122
23. Controlled Cyclophotocoagulation

By Paul-Rolf Preußner

2,160
24. Congenital Glaucoma

By Jair Giampani Junior and Adriana Silva Borges Giampani

4,287
8,515
26. Plateau Iris

By Yoshiaki Kiuchi, Hideki Mochizuki and Kiyoshi Kusanagi

5,072
9,464

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