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All about your eyes / Sharon Fekrat and Jennifer S. Weizer, editors. ; foreword by Paul Lee ; illustrations by Stanley M. Coffman.

Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.

xvi, 199 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"A concise, easy-to-understand reference book, All about Your Eyes tells you what you need to know to care for your eyes and what to expect from your eye doctor. In this reliable guide, leading eye care experts: explain how healthy eyes work ; describe various eye diseases, including pink eye, cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy ; provide up-to-date information on eye surgery, including refractive, laser, and cosmetic. For each eye problem, the authors describe in simple, straightforward language."--The publisher - (July 2006).

Eye -- Diseases.

Ophthalmology.

Eye.

Vision disorders.

Fekrat, Sharon.

Weizer, Jennifer S.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Anatomy of the eye and how it works -- Preventive eye care -- Common vision problems -- Options for correcting vision -- Eyelids and eyelashes -- Conjunctiva and sclera -- The cornea -- The lens -- Retina and choroid -- Inflammation of the eyeball -- The optic nerve -- The eye muscles -- The orbit -- Eye injury -- Systemic diseases that affect vision and the eye -- Cosmetic eyelid surgery -- Living with visual impairment.

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