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Title Handbook of nutrition, diet and the eye / edited by Victor R. Preedy
Published Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (701 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Handbook of Nutrition, Diet, and The Eye; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Section 1 -- INTRODUCTIONS AND OVERVIEWS; Chapter 1 -- The Eye and Vision: An Overview; INTRODUCTION; DEVELOPMENT OF THE EYE; THE OCULAR ADNEXA; THE POSTERIOR STRUCTURES OF THE EYE; VISUAL PATHWAY; TAKE-HOME MESSAGES; References; Chapter 2 -- Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Overview; INTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; PATHOGENESIS; CLASSIFICATION; NATURAL HISTORY; RETINAL IMAGING FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; MANAGEMENT; FUTURE DIRECTIONS
TAKE-HOME MESSAGESReferences; Chapter 3 -- Cataracts: An Overview; INTRODUCTION; ETYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION, PATHOGENESIS, AND RISK FACTORS; CLINICAL PRESENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION; PREVENTION; TREATMENT; TAKE-HOME MESSAGES; References; Chapter 4 -- Glaucoma: An Overview; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITION OF GLAUCOMA AND ITS CLASSIFICATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AS A RISK FACTOR; PATHOGENESIS OF GLAUCOMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY HINTS; CONCLUSIONS; References; Chapter 5 -- Diabetic Retinopathy: An Overview; INTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NATURAL HISTORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES
MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTIONNEURONAL DYSFUNCTION AND INFLAMMATION; VASCULAR DAMAGE; DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTION; TREATMENT OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY AND DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; References; Section 2 -- MACULAR DEGENERATION; Chapter 6 -- Trace Elements, Vitamins, and Lipids and Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Overview of the Current Concepts on Nutrients and AMD; INTRODUCTION; CAROTENOIDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS; LIPIDS; EPIGENETICS AND NUTRIENTS; RESVERATROL; SUPPLEMENTATION WITH COMBINED NUTRIENTS; CONCLUSION; TAKE-HOME MESSAGES; References
Chapter 7 -- The Role of Lipids and Lipid Metabolism in Age-Related Macular DegenerationINTRODUCTION; RETINAL LIPIDS; MECHANISM AND PATHOGENESIS OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; CONCLUSION; TAKE-HOME MESSAGES; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 8 -- Carotenoids and Age-Related Macular Degeneration; INTRODUCTION; CHEMISTRY OF MACULAR CAROTENOIDS; MEASUREMENT OF MACULAR CAROTENOIDS; DIET AND MACULAR CAROTENOIDS; ABSORPTION, BIOAVAILABILITY, AND METABOLISM OF MACULAR CAROTENOIDS; PROTECTIVE ROLE OF MACULAR PIGMENTS AND AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; CONCLUSION; TAKE-HOME MESSAGES
Summary The Handbook of Nutrition, Diet and the Eye is the first book to thoroughly address common features and etiological factors in how dietary and nutritional factors affect the eye. The ocular system is perhaps one of the least studied organs in diet and nutrition, yet the consequences of vision loss can be devastating. One of the biggest contributors to complete vision loss in the western hemisphere is diabetes, precipitated by metabolic syndrome. In some developing countries, micronutrient deficiencies are major contributory factors to impaired vision. However, there are a range of ocular defects that have either their origin in nutritional deficiencies or excess or have been shown to respond favorably to nutritional components. The eye from the cornea to the retina may be affected by nutritional components. Effects may be physiological or molecular
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Subject Eye -- Nutritional aspects
Eye -- Diseases -- Nutritional aspects
Eye -- Care and hygiene.
Diet.
diet.
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
Diet
Eye -- Care and hygiene
Eye -- Diseases -- Nutritional aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Preedy, Victor R., editor
ISBN 9780124046061
0124046061