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edited by Gunter K. Krieglstein, 265 pp, with illus, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag NY Inc, 1991, $159.

Peter A. Netland, MD, PhD, Reviewer
Boston, Mass

Arch Ophthalmol. 1992;110(11):1540.

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These books are multiauthored compilations of the presentations from meetings of international experts. They do not attempt to provide the comprehensive and even coverage that would be found in a textbook; instead, both books review some topics of current interest in basic and clinical glaucoma research. Although these texts provide fascinating surveys of certain topics in glaucoma research, as with any book of this type, the information they contain could become rapidly outdated with continued progress in the field.

"Clinicians will find only a little information of direct relevance to patient care..."

Glaucoma Update IV contains 40 presentations from the fourth meeting of the Organizing Committee of the Glaucoma Society of the International Congress of Ophthalmology, which was held in March 1990 in Bali, Indonesia. This meeting is attended by committee members and invited experts and precedes the International Congress of Ophthalmology, held under the auspices of the International Council . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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