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Learn how to read the optic fundus:- What tests are indicated?- How do I interpret the findings?- What is the next step?This book guides you quickly and confidently from finding to diagnosis. Practice-oriented- Organized by presentation- Systematic listing of diagnoses for each presentation- Sidebars with a brief summary of the signs and symptoms for each diagnosis- Quick reference and study guide in oneComprehensive- Describes various examination methods- Covers even rare findings- Differential diagnosis- Figures to illustrate each diagnosis- Notes on appropriate treatmentConfidence- Learn to take prompt, goal-directed action.- Apply various diagnostic options appropriately and economically.- Gain confidence in dealing with equivocal findings. "A portrait gallery of ocular fundus conditions...superb fundus photographs...The photos are beautiful. There are iconic representatives from every important pathologic process in the fundus...Medical students will certainly love it, as will nonopthalmic physicians and opthalmic technicians and nurses...This is a "best-in-show" of fundus abnormalities...Libraries in teaching institutions will undoubtedly want to purchase it."--Journal of Neuro-Opthalmology_x000D_ _x000D_ "Successfully adopts an interesting and helpful format...Produced with 309 illustrations, including excellent colored plates to Thieme's high standard...a wide range of methods is presented and this should be particularly helpful to students. ...The reader should appreciate the interplay between illustrations, concise and explanatory text and the emphasis provided in page-edge columns. The design is a pedagogic success."--Optician_x000D_ _x000D_ "This book guides you quickly and confidently from finding to diagnosis. Practice-oriented and organized by presentation."--Wolf Prof. and Director, University Hospital and Polyclinic for Opthalmology, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland Department of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany