Ophthalmic drugs : diagnostic and therapeutic uses /

Completely updated and revised, this classic book provides the essential information on ocular therapeutics for the modern optometrist. Retaining all the features that made previous editions so popular, the new fifth edition continues to provide a basic grounding in pharmacological principles and dr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopkins, G. A.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Pearson, R. M. (Richard M.), Davies, P. H. O'Connor (Patrick Henry O'Connor), 1922-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Edinburgh : Butterworth Heinemann/Elsevier, 2007.
Edition:5th ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Completely updated and revised, this classic book provides the essential information on ocular therapeutics for the modern optometrist. Retaining all the features that made previous editions so popular, the new fifth edition continues to provide a basic grounding in pharmacological principles and drug types, before moving on to illustrate the scope of ocular therapeutics in the management of common acute conditions affecting the anterior segment of the eye. Throughout the text there are numerous new clinical notes and ready-reference tables, making for greater ease of use than ever before.
Providing information on ocular therapeutics, this edition offers a basic grounding in pharmacological principles and drug types. It then moves on to common ocular conditions, showing how they can be diagnosed and treated using ocular therapeutics. It also contains many clinical notes and ready-reference tables.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed on Apr 16, 2012).
Revised edition of: O'Connor Davies's ophthalmic drugs. 4th ed. ©1998.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 331 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780702034978
0702034975