The Sclera (2^nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2012)

The Sclera is the definitive text on the diagnosis and treatment of scleral diseases, with in-depth chapters on non-infectious scleritis, infectious sclertitis, non-inflammatory diseases of the sclera, and systemic implications of scleral disease. Basic physiology, anatomy, and biochemistry are addressed as well. Written for the ophthalmologist, the revised and updated new edition of The Sclera contains the most current information available on newer characterizations of the composition of the sclera, immune derangements of it, and success in medical and surgical treatment of the inflammatory diseases of the sclera.

1. Structural Considerations of the Sclera.- 2. Immunologic Considerations of the Sclera.- 3. Diagnostic Approach to Episcleritis and Scleritis.- 4. Clinical Considerations of the Episcleritis and Scleritis.- 5. Pathology in Scleritis.- 6. Non Infectious Scleritis.- 7. Infectious Scleritis.- 8. Non Inflammatory Diseases of the Sclera.- 9. Treatment of Episcleritis and Scleritis.

Maite Sainz de la Maza, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Clinical Institute of Ophthalmology    
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
msainz@clinic.ub.es

Joseph Tauber, MD
Tauber Eye Center
4400 Broadway, Suite 202
Kansas City, Missouri 64111 
JT@TAUBEREYE.COM

C. Stephen Foster, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution
5 Cambridge Center, 8th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
sfoster@merci.com