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Principles of ocular pharmacology / Yong Park, Dorette Ellis, Brett Mueller, Dorota Stankowska, Thomas Yorio -- Ocular pharmacokinetics / Chandrasekar Durairaj -- Ocular drug delivery / Burcin Yavuz, Uday B. Kompella -- Ocular pharmacology of tear film, dry eye, and allergic conjunctivitis / Shilpa Gulati, Sandeep Jain -- Anti-infective and anti-inflammatory pharmacotherapies / Mark I. Rosenblatt -- Keratoconus and other corneal diseases: pharmacologic cross-linking and future therapy / Kimberly M. Hsu, Joel Sugar -- Lens: management of cataract surgery, cataract prevention, and floppy iris syndrome / Joao Crispim, Wallace Chamon -- Glaucoma-intraocular pressure reduction / Alex S. Huang, Lilit Minasyan, Robert N. Weinreb -- Translational pharmacology in glaucoma neuroprotection / Leonard A. Levin -- Pharmacologic treatment of noninfectious uveitis / Jared E. Knickelbein, Karen R. Armbrust, Meredith Kim, H. Nida Sen [and others] -- Anti-angiogenic therapy for retinal disease / Yannis M. Paulus, Akrit Sodhi -- Corticosteroids and anti-complement therapy in retinal diseases / Raja Narayanan, Baruch D. Kuppermann -- Dry age-related macular degeneration pharmacology / Charles B. Wright, Jayakrishna Ambati -- Hereditary retinal dystrophy / Thomas C. Hohman -- Optic nerve / Lynn K. Gordon.

"There have been major advancements in the pharmacologic treatment of eye diseases over the past decade. With newly discovered disease targets and novel approaches to deliver therapeutic compounds to the eye, patients are seeing improved outcomes. Not only are there better treatments for diseases where treatments existed, we now have effective therapy for previously untreatable and blinding eye disorders. This volume will cover the pharmacologic treatment of eye diseases from the front of the eye including eyelids, conjunctiva and cornea all the way back to the retina and optic nerve. The first section of the volume reviews general principles of ocular pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmaceutical sciences, and drug delivery. In addition, the volume provides an up to date guide to the pharmacologic approach to the key eye diseases that threaten sight or ocular function"--Publisher's description.