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Edited by Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, Michael Trese, Antonio Capone, Jr., Bronya J.B. Keats, and Scott M. Steidl. 559 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. $249. ISBN 0-7817-4782-1.

"Invisible by design, vitreous was long unseen as an important participant in the physiology and pathology of the eye." Thus begins an early chapter in this exhaustive and often eloquent textbook on pediatric retinal development, disease, and surgery. Devoting an entire chapter to an invisible structure, and making it imaginable and vital, is just one of the accomplishments of this essential book.

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View larger version (55K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Section through the Retina Showing Rods and Cones in the Photoreceptor Layer of an Adult. Chris Guerin/Wellcome Photo Library.

 
Why ophthalmologists are superspecialized becomes apparent in a book such as Pediatric Retina. The eye . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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