Contributions

  • Anderson, Robert E. - Contributor
  • LaVail, Matthew M. - Contributor
  • Hollyfield, Joe G. - Contributor
  • International Symposium on Retinal Degenerations (12th : 2006 : San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina) - Contributor

Publication

2008 - Springer, [New York, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

105,750 words, Guess

Page Count

423 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more

Classifications

  • DDC617.735
  • LCCRE1-994
  • LCCRE661.D3 I57 2008

Alternate Titles

  • Retinal degenerative diseases

Description

This book is the result of The International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration which has become perhaps the most important research meeting in the field. The topics in this volume explore the etiology, cellular mechanisms, epidemiology, generics, models and potential therapeutic measures for the blinding diseases of retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. Special focus is highlighted in the areas of Mechanisms of Photoreceptor Degeneration and Cell Death (extremely important because very little is known how or why photoreceptors die in these diseases, despite an abundance of genetic information), Age-Related Macular Degeneration (with several novel approaches to its analysis), Usher Syndrome (the most severe form of retinitis pigmentosa, which includes an early of congenital loss of hearing along with blindness), and Gene Therapy. In addition, the section on Basic Science Related to Retinal Degeneration is particularly strong with several laboratories repor.

Subjects

Genres

  • Congresses

Series Statement

  • Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 613

Other Editions

  • Recent advances in retinal degenerationSpringer2008-01-01

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