Corneal transplantation : an immunological guide to the clinical problem /

Annotation - Concise but comprehensive guidebook/handbook- Current and translational information- New concepts of rejection and tolerance- Multimedia display of microsurgical technique.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forrester, John V.
Otros Autores: Kuffova, Lucia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Imperial College Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Cornea > Transplantation.
Corneal Transplantation > immunology
Corneal Transplantation
Cornée > Greffe.
MEDICAL > Ophthalmology.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Vision.
Cornea > Transplantation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A brief history of corneal transplantation
  • 2. Surgery of corneal graft in humans
  • 3. The clinical problem
  • 4. Eye banking
  • 5. MHC antigens, tissue typing and blood group matching in corneal transplantation
  • 6. The alloresponse to corneal graft
  • 7. The xenoresponse to corneal graft
  • 8. Animal models of corneal graft
  • 9. Pathology of human corneal transplantation
  • 10. Therapeutic approach to experimental corneal graft rejection
  • 11. Immunosuppression for human corneal graft rejection
  • 12. Transmission of disease through corneal transplantation
  • 13. Artificial corneas
  • Index.

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