Main description:

Tis book is more than an atlas and a text. It has what clinicians Professor Sundmacher communicates with clarity, continuity want most: experience. and style. Actual case examples are analyzed by a specialist who has Te book's strength is in its details. Terapeutic decisi- arguably treated more patients with ocular herpes than any making is based on clinical research, ofen the author's own other ophthalmologist. Not merely an inventory of viral kera- pioneering trials. For medical and surgical dilemmas, practi- titis, this sourcebook explains the ins and outs of infection and based advice springs from a pragmatic explanation of virology, infammation due to herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster vi- immunology and wound healing. rus and other herpes viruses. Te profciency and scope of this authoritative resource Herpetic eye disease needs a descriptive vocabulary, and leads me to rephrase a century-old maxim: 'To know herpes is the author provides a sensible classifcation. His distinctive to know ophthalmology.' terminology updates outmoded jargon, creating a new norm.

Contents:

Common Characteristics and Distinct Features of Human Pathogenic Herpesviruses.- Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Diseases of the Anterior Segment and the Adnexa.- Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Diseases of the Anterior Segment and the Adnexes.- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Diseases of the Anterior Segment.- Suspected Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Disease of the Anterior Segment.- Diseases of the Posterior Segment by HSV, VZV, and CMV.