Main description:

During a closed international symposium held in Friedrichsruhe, Germany, the latest scientific results on the pathogenesis and risk factors of glaucoma were discussed, and this volume summarises the progress made in the detection and treatment of glaucomas. The 25 contributions cover such topics as compliance, medical therapy, wound healing, genetic risk factors, disk damage in relation to visual field loss, disk haemorrhages, intraocular pressure, low blood pressure, retinal ischemia, and the treatment of causal factors in glaucoma.

Contents:

1. Ophthalmology's Contributions to Clinical Research and Glaucoma - Study Designs Utilized in Journal Publications During the Last Decade.- 2. Glaucoma - The Metamorphosis of the Content of a Term During the Course of Time.- 3. Lack of Knowledge About Glaucoma: A Possible Risk Factor for Blindness from the Disease.- 4. Compliance with Medical Therapy in Chronic Glaucoma.- 5. Mechanisms of Glaucoma Development in Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome.- 6. Wound Healing and Scarring of the Developing Filtering Bleb - A Major Challenge in Glaucoma Surgery.- 7. Neurotransmitter Receptors as Potential Targets of Glaucoma Pathogens.- 8. Genetic Risk Factors for Glaucoma.- 9. Molecular Genetics of Glaucoma.- 10. The TIGR Gene: Prospects for Understanding Glaucoma Mechanisms and Environmental/Genetic Interactions.- 11. Gene Therapy for Glaucoma: Anterior and Posterior Segments Targets, Delivery Systems, Constraints.- 12. Morphology of the Trabecular Meshwork.- 13. Contractility of the Trabecular Meshwork: A Target for Treatment of Glaucoma?.- 14. The Actin Cytoskeleton and Aqueous Outflow.- 15. Glaucoma Screening: A Vehicle for Continuing Medical Education.- 16. Disc Damage as a Prognostic and Therapeutic Consideration in the Management of Patients with Glaucoma.- 17. Disc Hemorrhage as a Risk Factor for Progression of Normal-Tension Glaucoma.- 18. What is the Potential for Optic Disc Imaging in the Management of POAG?.- 19. Early Detection of Paracentral Defects: Implications for Neuroprotection in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma.- 20. A New Unification Hypothesis of the Pathogenesis of Glaucomas Based on Clinical Studies on Disc Appearance in Relation to the Stage of Visual Field Loss in Different Types of Glaucoma.- 21. The Intraocular Pressure as a Continuous Risk Factor for Glaucoma.- 22. Target Pressures in Glaucoma.- 23. Relationship Between Transient or Permanent Low Blood Pressure and Glaucoma.- 24. Retinal Ischemia as a Risk Factor for Secondary Glaucoma and Its Clinical Consequences.- 25. Specific Treatment of Causal Factors in Glaucoma.