Smolin and Thoft's the Cornea
Scientific Foundations and Clinical Practice

Deals with corneal and external diseases. This title provides guidance on diagnosing and managing problems associated with the cornea. It contains information on corneal surgery, refractive surgery, and stem cell grafting, and a chapter on optical and therapeutic contact lenses.

Smolin and Thoft's The Cornea is often praised as the best available source of information on corneal and external diseases. This new edition, with its greatly expanded color atlas section, continues to provide guidance on diagnosing and managing problems associated with the cornea. It is now fully updated and contains additional information on corneal surgery, refractive surgery, and stem cell grafting, and a new chapter on optical and therapeutic contact lenses.

Fundamentals











Basic Science
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Anatomy











Conjunctiva and Lids




Cornea






Limbus




Sclera





Physiology













Cornea










Conjunctiva









Limbus










Sclera











Biochemistry and Cell Biology


Cornea









Conjunctiva








Limbus








Sclera









Immunology: Basic and tissue specific








Cornea

Conjunctiva

Limbus

Sclera

Pathologic responses












Cornea

Conjunctiva

Limbus

Sclera


Corneal Neovascularization









Examination and Evaluation Techniques






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Slit lamp biomicroscopy &
Photography







Pachymetry










Keratometry










Topography










Specular microscopy









Confocal microscopy









Epidemiology of Cornea and External Diseases







Clinical Topics



Infectious Diseases








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Bacterial keratitis and conjunctivitis


Bacteriology










Clinical entities








Viral keratitis and conjunctivitis


Virology









Clinical entities







Fungal keratitis, conjunctivitis and canaliculitis


Mycology










Clinical entities







Parasitic keratitis and conjunctivitis




Parasitology










Clinical entities







Chlamydial keratitis and conjunctivitis







Chlymidiology






Clinical aspects







Suspected


Immunologic Disease

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Conjunctivitis



Atopy

Chronic cicatrizing conjunctivitis

Drug hypersensitivity

Phlyctenular








Keratitis



Rheumatologic disorders
Mooren's ulcer





Scleritis




Ocular Surface Disease
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Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
- Intro









Physiology and biochemistry of the tear film
Clinical aspects









Keratitis sicca

Sjogren's syndrome








Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Blepharitis






Recurrent Erosion Syndrome and "Other"


Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis






Ligneous conjunctivitis








Rosacea









Thygeson's disease








Filamentary Keratitis








Climactic Keratitis








Dacryoadenitis






Metabolic and Congenital Disease