Corneal transplantation an immunological guide to the clinical problem - Forrester, John V. (Imperial College Press, 2004)
Includes bibliographical references and index
1 - A brief history of corneal transplantation -- - 2 - Surgery of corneal graft in humans -- - 3 - The clinical problem -- - 4 - Eye banking -- - 5 - MHC antigens, tissue typing and blood group matching in corneal transplantation -- - 6 - The alloresponse to corneal graft -- - 7 - The xenoresponse to corneal graft -- - 8 - Animal models of corneal graft -- - 9 - Pathology of human corneal transplantation -- - 10 - Therapeutic approach to experimental corneal graft rejection -- - 11 - Immunosuppression for human corneal graft rejection -- - 12 - Transmission of disease through corneal transplantation -- - 13 - Artificial corneas -- - Index
Annotation - Concise but comprehensive guidebook/handbook- Current and translational information- New concepts of rejection and tolerance- Multimedia display of microsurgical technique