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Lacrimal gland, tear film, and dry eye syndromes 3 : basic science and clinical relevance / edited by David A. Sullivan ... [et al.].

Title: Lacrimal gland, tear film, and dry eye syndromes 3 : basic science and clinical relevance / edited by David A. Sullivan ... [et al.].
Author: International Conference on the Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes (3rd : 2000 : Maui, Hawaii)
Publication: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Pub., c2002.

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Additional Authors

Sullivan, David A.

Description

2 v. (xxvi, 1385 p.) : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 506

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 506.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

"Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance, November 15-18, 2000, Maui, Hawaii"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part A Claes H. Dohlman conference address -- Lacrimal gland : cellular and molecular biology -- Lacrimal gland and ocular surface : signal transduction, membrane traffic and fluid and protein secretion -- Mucins : origin, properties, regulation and function -- Meibomian gland and tear film lipids : structure, function and control -- Ocular surface homeostasis I : tear film proteins and stability -- Ocular surface homeostasis II : tear film, cornea and conjunctiva interactions -- Part B Immunity and inflammation I : influence of cytokines, chemokines, adhesion molecules and other immunoactive agents -- Immunity and inflammation II : role of apoptosis, antibodies and mucosal associated lymphoid tissue -- Contact lenses : impact on the tear film and ocular surface -- Epidemiology and pathogenesis of Dry Eye Syndromes (e.g. Sjögren's Syndrome) -- Dry eye syndromes : diagnosis, clinical trials and pharmaceutical treatment -- Gene, stem cell and surgical therapy of the ocular surface -- Closing address : the academic perspective -- Industry perspective.

ISBN

0306472821

LCCN

2002072992

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries