Summary

Key areas of interest in recent literature and in this fourth edition include the optic nerve head and visual function (as diagnostic parameters); automated image analysis and visual function tests; clinical forms of glaucoma, the most common being chronic open-angle glaucoma; the medical management of glaucoma; adrenergic antagonists--the most commonly studied class of drugs--as well as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and prostaglandins; and laser and incisional surgery. New features include a series of color photographs and two new chapters on prostaglandins and drainage implant surgery. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR