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Refractive management of ametropia / edited by Kenneth E. Brookman.
- Title
- Refractive management of ametropia / edited by Kenneth E. Brookman.
- Publication
- Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, [1996], ©1996.
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- Additional Authors
- Brookman, Kenneth Edward, 1947-
- Description
- xi, 205 pages; 26 cm
- Summary
- More than 40 clinical case studies illustrate the relation between patient symptoms and signs, significant diagnostic factors, and different management philosophies and approaches. Refractive Management of Ametropia also provides additional case studies with sample diagnoses and treatment plans to be used as practice exercises in patient assessment and treatment planning for different ametropias and presbyopia.
- This comprehensive text is dedicated to the prescribing ophthalmic corrective lenses for common ametropias (myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism) and presbyopia. The contributing authors, all leaders in the field, discuss the symptoms and signs of each type of ametropia and presbyopia and provide considerations and guidelines for prescribing corrective lenses.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Clinical Analysis and Management of Ametropia / Kenneth E. Brookman -- 2. Myopia / David A. Goss -- 3. Hyperopia / Nancy B. Carlson -- 4. Astigmatism / Robert C. Capone -- 5. Anisometropia / Douglas K. Penisten -- 6. Low Ametropias / Kenneth E. Brookman -- 7. Presbyopia / Daniel Kurtz -- Appendix: Answers to Clinical Questions.
- ISBN
- 0750695692 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95045065
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries