Dry eye and ocular surface disorders / 
edited by Stephen C. Pflugfelder, Roger W. Beuerman, Michael E. Stern. 
 - New York  Marcel Dekker  c2004. 
 - x, 428 p.  ill. (chiefly col.)  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword / Anthony Bron -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Dry eye: the problem / Stephen C. Pflugfelder -- 2. Lacrimal functional unit / Roger W. Beuerman, Austin Mircheff, Stephen C. Pflugfelder, and Michael E. Stern -- 3. Normal tear film and ocular surface / Michael E. Stern, Roger W. Beuerman, and Stephen C. Pflugfelder -- 4. Dysfunction of the lacrimal functional unit and its impact on tear film stability and composition / Stephen C. Pflugfelder, Michael E. Stern, and Roger W. Beuerman -- 5. Conjunctiva and tear film maintenance / Margarita Calonge and Michael E. Stern -- 6. Mechanisms of the ocular surface immune response / Pedram Hamrah, Syed O. Huq, Abha Gulati, and Reza Dana -- 7. Impact of systemic immune disease on the lacrimal functional unit / Robert I. Fox and Michael E. Stern -- 8. Sex and sex steroid influences on dry eye syndrome / David A. Sullivan -- 9. Pathological effects of lacrimal keratoconjunctivitis on the ocular surface / Steven Yeh, Stephen C. Pflugfelder, and Michael E. Stern -- 10 Impact of allergy on the ocular surface / Virginia L. Calder and S. Lightman -- 11. Ocular surface epithelial stem cells: implications for ocular surface homeostasis / Leonard P.K. Ang, Donald T.H. Tan, Roger W. Beuerman, and Robert M. Lavker -- 12. Meibomian gland disease / William D. Mathers -- 13. Diagnostic approaches to lacrimal keratoconjunctivitis / Cintia S. De Paiva and Stephen C. Pflugfelder -- 14. Therapy of lacrimal keratoconjunctivitis / Stephen C. Pflugfelder and Michael E. Stern -- 15. Surgical therapy for ocular surface disorders / Michael T. Yen -- 16. Therapy of ocular cicatrices pemphigoid / Thanh Hoang-Xuan -- 17. Surgical therapy for corneal epithelial stem cell deficiency / Mei-Chuan Yang, Steven Yeh, Stephen C. Pflugfelder, and Andrew J.W. Huang -- 18. Immunosuppressive therapy for ocular surface disorders / Andrew J.W. Huang -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0824752570 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dry Eye Syndromes<br/>Ocular physiology.<br/>Keratoconjunctivitis.<br/>Dry Eye Syndromes--etiology.<br/>Anterior segment Eye--Diseases.<br/>Conjunctiva--Wounds and injuries.<br/>Conjunctiva--Diseases.<br/>Cornea--Wounds and injuries.<br/>Cornea--Diseases.<br/>Adnexa oculi--Diseases.