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The Tear Film

Structure, Function and Clinical Examination

  • 1st Edition - April 22, 2002
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Donald Korb, Jennifer P. Craig, Michael J. Doughty, Jean-Pierre Guillon, Alan Tomlinson, George Smith
  • Language: English

Contemporary and thoroughly up-to-date, this book advises contact lens practitioners on the examination, function and pathogenesis of the tear film. With comprehensive text and… Read more

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Contemporary and thoroughly up-to-date, this book advises contact lens practitioners on the examination, function and pathogenesis of the tear film. With comprehensive text and superb colour illustrations, this manual presents the most current information on tear film research. An essential purchase for all practitioners involved in contact lens fitting and prescribing.

Key features

  • Part of the invaluable Butterworth-Heinemann/BCLA series
  • Current, comprehensive coverage
  • First class contributions by leading international experts.

    • Readership

    Contact lens practitioners and optometrists; students of optometry, ocular pathology and ocular physiology, ophthalmologists

    Table of contents

    Introduction: The importance of tear film; The cornea and conjunctival surfaces in relation to the tear film; Structure and function of the preocular tear film; Current clinical techniques to study the tear film and tear secretions; Time and the tear film; Pathology of the tear film; The tear film - its role today and in the future.

    Review quotes

    Sudi Patel, Optometric Adviser for the Common Services Agency, Visiting Professor, Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante, Spain, Optician, July 2002

    Product details

    • Edition: 1
    • Latest edition
    • Published: June 3, 2002
    • Language: English

    About the authors

    DK

    Donald Korb

    Affiliations and expertise
    Clinical Professor at School of Optometry, University of California at Berkley, Instructor at Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Private Practitioner and Director of Research at Ocular Research in Boston, USA

    JC

    Jennifer P. Craig

    Jennifer P. Craig is a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Auckland. Her main research interest is ocular surface disease, including dry eye and tear film dysfunction, cornea, contact lenses, and refractive surgery. She leads international clinical trials at the Ocular Surface Laboratory, and lectures internationally. She is a past chair of the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board of New Zealand, and a current Director on the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand.

    She co-authored the book The Tear Film, and contributed to the Tear Film and Ocular Surface (TFOS) International Workshops on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Contact Lens Discomfort. Professor Craig is Vice-Chair of the TFOS DEWS II workshop, and invited Chair of the “A Lifestyle Epidemic: Ocular Surface Disease” workshop. She holds visiting academic appointments at Aston University, the Universities of Waterloo and Montreal, and the University of Medical Sciences in Wenzhou, China.

    Affiliations and expertise
    University of Auckland

    MD

    Michael J. Doughty

    Affiliations and expertise
    Professor of Ocular Pharmacology and Physiology, Department of Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK Professor of Ocular Pharmacology and Physiology

    JG

    Jean-Pierre Guillon

    Affiliations and expertise
    Research Consultant, The Dry Eye Clinic, Institute of Optometry, London, UK

    AT

    Alan Tomlinson

    Affiliations and expertise
    Head, Department of Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

    GS

    George Smith

    Affiliations and expertise
    Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia Consultant Ophthalmologist, Paybody Eye Unit, Coventry and Warwick Hospital, Coventry, UK

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