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Retinal Diseases in Children.

Retinal Diseases in Children. This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract The eye problems of children are being recognized more and more as a special area of interest in ophthalmology, and it is a pleasure to have a new book which offers material on a group of pediatric ophthalmic problems affecting the retina, edited by an acknowledged retina specialist. As a collaborative effort of ten authors, the book has strengths and some weaknesses. The various contributors, each with his own interests and style of writing, have come up with widely varying chapters. Some chapters provide only brief descriptions of pertinent conditions, without adding much that is not easily available from other sources. Others employ a rather parochial selection of material, dictated by the contributor's own personal experience. The chapters on Coats' disease and on the phakomatoses, on the other hand, are complete and soundly presented. In another chapter Tasman's own valuable experience with the late complications of retrolental fibroplasia is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

Retinal Diseases in Children.

Archives of Ophthalmology , Volume 87 (3) – Mar 1, 1972

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1972 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0003-9950
eISSN
1538-3687
DOI
10.1001/archopht.1972.01000020365030
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract The eye problems of children are being recognized more and more as a special area of interest in ophthalmology, and it is a pleasure to have a new book which offers material on a group of pediatric ophthalmic problems affecting the retina, edited by an acknowledged retina specialist. As a collaborative effort of ten authors, the book has strengths and some weaknesses. The various contributors, each with his own interests and style of writing, have come up with widely varying chapters. Some chapters provide only brief descriptions of pertinent conditions, without adding much that is not easily available from other sources. Others employ a rather parochial selection of material, dictated by the contributor's own personal experience. The chapters on Coats' disease and on the phakomatoses, on the other hand, are complete and soundly presented. In another chapter Tasman's own valuable experience with the late complications of retrolental fibroplasia is

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Archives of OphthalmologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Mar 1, 1972

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