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Previous Volume 358:1765-1766 April 17, 2008 Number 16

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Edited by Antonia M. Joussen, Thomas W. Gardner, Bernd Kirchhof, and Stephen J. Ryan. 778 pp., illustrated. Berlin, Springer, 2007. $169. ISBN 978-3-540-29541-9.

Retinal vascular diseases are leading causes of impaired vision and blindness worldwide. Consider that diabetes mellitus, an important cause of vision impairment, afflicts millions of people in the United States and is on the rise in developing countries. But diabetes is not the only condition that affects retinal vessels. Diseases ranging from Terson's syndrome (vitreous hemorrhage secondary to subarachnoid or subdural hemorrhage), to sickle cell anemia and its attendant retinal vascular lesions, to retinal vascular tumors are covered in Retinal Vascular Disease.

In this well-organized textbook, the authors start with a detailed review of the current basic science of retinal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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