Uveitis, fundamentals and clinical practice 4th edition by Robert B. Nussenblatt and Scott M. Whitcup. 480 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4377-0667-3 Elsevier/Mosby

Excerpt

The 4th edition represents an updated version of a popular textbook (book) in ocular immunology detailing the principles and practice of therapeutics of uveitis. The authors have extensive aggregated experience in the management of severe uveitic disease. It is significant that the chapters are distributed in authorship between the two authors Nussenblatt and Whitcup, who are both well-known in ophthalmology and immunology circles. This book has an international audience, and is designed for a wide spectrum audience. Although by convention a book is dated at conception, some of the chapters have been made sufficiently current (including online access) to avoid this fate, and thus the book provides value to the uveitis researcher. It is of interest that the authors have attempted not only to teach, but also to pass on the quality of critical thinking that makes them leaders (e.g,. lack of vitreal cells in ocular histoplasmosis) …