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Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Allergy Ashok Garg, John D Sheppard, David Meyer

CHAPTER ONE:Immunology and Pathogenesis of Ocular Allergy
- ACUTE ALLERGIC DISORDERS
  - Seasonal and Perennial Allergic Conjunctivitis
  - Early Phase Response
- ARACHIDONIC ACID PATHWAY
  - Late-Phase Reaction
- CHRONIC ALLERGIC DISORDERS
- GIANT PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS
- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER TWO:Diagnosis and Investigation of Ocular Allergy
- ALLERGY TESTS
CHAPTER THREE:Clinical Features of Ocular Allergy
- CONJUNCTIVA
- CORNEA
- LENS
- FUNDUS
CHAPTER FOUR:Medical Management of Ocular Allergic Diseases
- INTRODUCTION
- TYPE 1 HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS
- CLINICAL RESPONSES
- HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION TO DRUGS
- ANTIALLERGY MEDICATION
- TOPICAL MAST CELL INHIBITORS
  - Cromolyn Sodium (Sodium Cromoglycate)
- ANTIHISTAMINES
  - Oral Antihistamines
    - Levocetrizine
    - Fexofenadine
- NSAIDs (ANTIPROSTAGLANDIN THERAPY)
- TOPICAL STEROIDS
- TOPICAL IMMUNOSUPPRESSORS
  - Cyclosporine
- RECENT ADVANCES IN IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY
  - Liposomes
CHAPTER FIVE:Current Concepts in the Pharmacotherapeutic Approach of Allergic Conjunctivitis
- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER SIX:Novel Humanized Monoclonal Antibody Treatment of Severe Atopic Keratoconjunctivitis
CHAPTER SEVEN:Steroid Therapy for Allergic Ocular Disease
- THE NATURE OF ALLERGIC DISEASE
  - Molecular Biology Allows better Understanding of Ocular Allergic Diseases
  - Reversible Inflammation
- COMBINED SURFACE DISEASES PRESENT DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES
- INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR OCULAR SURFACE DISEASES
- BLEPHARITIS EXACERBATES DRY EYES AND ALLERGY
- STEROIDS FOR CONTACT LENS WEARERS AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY PATIENTS
  - Awareness of Ocular Surface Disease
  - Challenging Refractive Patients and Informed Consent
CHAPTER EIGHT:Ocular Allergy and Contact Lenses
CHAPTER NINE:Allergic Ocular Surface Disorders due to Drugs Toxicity
- INTRODUCTION
- COMPLICATIONS OF TOPICAL ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENTS
- COMPLICATIONS OF STEROIDS
  - Topical Steroids
  - Systemic Steroids
    - Various Adverse Effects
- COMPLICATIONS OF TOPICAL OCULAR ANESTHETIC AGENTS
- TOXICITY OF SURGICAL SOLUTIONS
- COMPLICATIONS OF CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS
- DRUG-INDUCED OCULAR CICATRIZATION
  - Clinical Manifestations
- SYSTEMIC DRUGS CAUSING OCULAR SURFACE TOXICITY
CHAPTER TEN:Ocular Allergy in Clinical Practice
CHAPTER ELEVEN:Ocular Allergy and Hypersensitivity to Ophthalmic Drugs
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ALLERGY
- CLINICAL RESPONSES
- HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION TO DRUGS
CHAPTER TWELVE:Is It Allergies or Dry Eyes? A Diagnostic Dilemma
CHAPTER THIRTEEN:Suggestions for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Allergy
- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER FOURTEEN:Ocular Complications seen in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis
- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER FIFTEEN:Amniotic Membrane Transplantation in Ocular Surface Disorders
- INTRODUCTION
- HISTORY
- HISTOLOGY
- PREPARATION
  - Clinical Effects and Mechanisms of Action
  - Clinical Use in Ophthalmology
- SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
  - Postoperative Complication
- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER SIXTEEN:Cultured Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation
- INTRODUCTION
- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:Stem Cell Surgery in Ophthalmology
- INTRODUCTION
- LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY
- LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
- PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION
- SURGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR LIMBAL ALLOGRAFT
- RECIPIENT EYE
- AMNIOGRAFT
- SURGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR LIMBAL AUTOGRAFT
- LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION WITH KERATOPLASTY
- LIMBAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION WITH AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE GRAFT
- POSTOPERATIVE COURSE
  - Postoperative Drug Therapy
  - Success Rates
- RECENT ADVANCES
  - Transplantation of ex vivo Expanded Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells
  - Gene Therapy
- KEY POINTS
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:Recent Advances in Ocular Allergy
CHAPTER NINETEEN:Pediatric Ocular Allergy
- OCULAR ALLERGY DIAGNOSIS
- ANALYSIS OF THE PEDIATRIC ALLERGIC PATIENT
- NON-PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT STRATEGIES
- TOPICAL ALLERGY MEDICATIONS
- FINE TUNING TOPICAL THERAPY
- CONTROLLING VASCULAR PERMEABILITY
- STRATEGIC AVOIDANCE OF SYSTEMIC ALLERGY MEDICATIONS
- SPECIFIC MEDICAL THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS
- CONTROLLING SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
- SPECIALTY CONSULTATIONS FOR DIFFICULT CASES
  - Patient and Parent Acceptance of Chronicity and Recurrence without Cure
CHAPTER TWENTY:Quick Look Antiallergic Formulations

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