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HENRY J. L. VAN DYK: Optic nerve sheath decom pression: the ophthalmic surgeon approaches papilledema NORMAL J. SCHATZ.- Pain associated with ophthalmoplegia NORMAL J. SCHATZ AND PETER J. SAVINO: Nystag
mus
NORMAL J. SCHATZ AND NATHAN S. SCHLEZINGER:
Noncompressive causes of chiasmal disease
GEORGE Β. UDVARHELYI: Neurosurgical diagnosis
and treatment of lesions involving the anterior visual pathways ARTHUR JAMPOLSKY: Management of acquired
(adult) muscle palsies
ROBERT W. HOLLENHORST: Embolie retinal phe nomena ROBERT W. HOLLENHORST AND BRIAN R. YOUNGE:
Ocular manifestations of intrasellar and suprasellar tumors GEORGE Β. UDVARHELYI: The neurosurgical diag
nosis and treatment of lesions involving the posteri or visual pathways JOEL S. GLASER: Ocular myasthenia gravis RONALD M. BÜRDE: Headache
HENRY J. L. VAN DYK: Some diagnostic blunders in neuro-ophthalmology ROBERT W. HOLLENHORST: Ophthalmologic as
pects of stroke
NORMAL J. SCHATZ: Case presentation A: Progres sive visual loss GEORGE B. UDVARHELYI: Case presentation B:
SYMPOSIA Symposium o n Neuro-Ophthalmology: Transactions of t h e N e w Orleans Acade m y of O p h t h a l m o l o g y . St. L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , C . V. M o s b y , C o . , 1 9 7 6 . C l o t h b o u n d , 3 7 8 p a g e s , t a b l e of c o n t e n t s , figures. index, 2 7 3 black a n d white $39.50 JOEL S. GLASER: Examination techniques in the
diagnosis of lesions of the optic nerve and chiasm RONALD M. BÜRDE: Ischémie optic neuropathies
GEORGE B. UDVARHELYI: Optic atrophy, papilledema, and the neurosurgeon RONALD M. BÜRDE: Retrobulbar optic neuritis JOEL S. GLASER: The heredofamiliar optic atro phies
Homonymous field defect
ROBERT W. HOLLENHORST: Case presentation C:
Painful ophthalmoplegia and diplopia
ROBERT W. HOLLENHORST: Case presentation D:
Anomalies of the pupil
M o d e r n Problems in Ophthalmology. O c u l a r I m m u n e R e s p o n s e s , v o l . 16. P r o c e e d i n g s of t h e F i r s t I n t e r n a t i o n a l on Immunology a n d Symposium I m m u n o p a t h o l o g y of t h e E y e , Stras bourg, M a y 20-22, 1974. Edited b y W. B ö k e a n d M . H . L u n t z . Basel, Switzer l a n d , S. Karger A. C , 1 9 7 6 . C l o t h b o u n d , 3 3 3 p a g e s , t a b l e of c o n t e n t s , 6 4 t a b l e s , 8 7 b l a c k a n d w h i t e figures. $ 4 0
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W. BÖKE (Kiel): Problems of ocular immunopathological inflammations. Ideas and facts R. WlTMER (Zurich): History of immunology of uveitis W A L D O N B. WACKER A N D CAROLYN M. KALSOW
JUNE, 1976
J. KOLIOPOULOS, G. PALIMERIS, A N D P. VELISSARO-
POULOS (Athens): Experimental uveitis induced by prostatic antigens ERIC L. N E L S O N {Irvine, Calif.): Prostaglandins and inflammation in the eye
(Louisville, Ky.): The role of uveal and retinal antigens in experimental autoimmune ocular pathology
J. MICHIELS A N D J. P. DERNOUCHAMPS
J. P. FAURE, C. DOREY, V U V A N T U Y E N , A N D Y. D E
A. H. S. RAHI A O R. C. TRIPATHI (London): Anato-
(Louvain):
Quantitation of specific antibodies in the aqueous humor
ΚθΖΑΚ (Paris): Experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis and specificity of retinal antigens
my of passivr arthus reaction in the cornea. A preliminary communication
A. H. S. RAHI, D. R. LUCAS, A N D M. W A G H E
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(London): Experimental immune retinitis: Induc tion by isolated photoreceptors ROBERTA L. MEYERS (LOS Angeles, Calif.): Experi mental allergic uveitis: Induction by retinal rod outer segments and pigment epithelium
GRONEM
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PÜLHORN,
W.
MÜLLER-
RUCHHOLT;, Kiel): Histoincompatibility and allogeneic corn · grafting between inbred strains of rats M A T H E A R. ALLANSMITH, D A N I E L D R E L L , G L E N
KAJYAMA, A N D M A X F I N E (San Francisco,
Calif):
The role of tissue typing in corneal transplantation
Y. D E KOZAK, W. S. YOUN, M. BOGOSSIAN, A N D J. P.
FAURE (Paris): Humoral and cellular immunity to retinal antigens in guinea pigs D. U T H O F F A N D W. M Ü L L E R - R U C H H O L T Z
(Kiel,:
Demonstration of cell-mediated immunological re activity to transplantation antigens in uveo-retinal tissues PHILIP R. B. M C M A S T E R , V E R N O N G. W O N G , A N D
JAMES D. O W E N S (Bethesda, Md.): The propensity
of different strains of guinea pigs to develop experimental autoimmune uveitis
PERRY S. BINDER, BRYAN M. G E B H A R D T , JOHN W. C H A N D L E R , A N D H E R B E R T E. KAUFMANN, (Gaines-
ville, Fla.): Immunologie protection of rabbit corneal allografts with heterologous blocking antibody. Immunologie protection and corneal allografts R. S T . C. D W Y E R , S. DAROUGAR, A N D Β. R. JONES
(London): Immediate hypersensitivity in the guinea pig conjunctiva. II. Effect of treatment with antihistamines, steroids and disodium cromoglycate J. FRANCOIS, V. VICTORIA-TRONCOSO, A N D P. C.
C. FRIEDRICH-WIRTH, E. KRAUS-MACKIW, A N D W.
MAUDGÄL (Ghent): Immunology of the vitreous body
MÜLLER-RUCHHOLTZ (Heidelberg): Sensitizing capacity of syngeneic, allogeneic and xenpgeneic ocular tissue. Effect of intact and injured rat eyes
ARTHUR M. SILVERSTEIN, U R I E L TICHO, A N D R E W A. MONJAN, A N D G E R A L D A. C O L E (Baltimore,
GEORGE E. MARAK, RAMON L. F O N T , A N D P A U L F.
ALEPA (Bethesda, Md.): Experimental lens-induced granulomatous endophthalmitis A. G. SECCHI, T. SEGATO, A N D B. MANCTNI (Padua):
Release of protein and cations from the lens in the presence of different antigen-antibody interactions EVA KINCSES A N D G. SZABO (Debrecen):
Cell-
mediated and humoral immune response after lens injury GEORGE E. MARAK, JR. (Washington,
D.C.): Im-
Md./Jerusalem): Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-induced ocular immunopathology ANNE-CATHERINE M A R T E N E T (Zurich):
Immuno-
logical aspects of viral uveitis J. DENIS (Paris): Immunological study of aqueous humor in ocular herpes simplex B. AMOR (Paris): Isolated uveitis—Relationship with ankylosing spondylitis and Reiter's syndrome G. DESMONTS (Paris): Some remarks on the immunopathology of toxoplasmic uveitis
munopathology of sympathetic ophthalmia
J. KOLIOPOULOS, G. THEODOSSIADIA, A N D G. PAL-
ELLEN
IMERIS (Athens): The third component of complement ( C 3 ) level in patients with uveitis
KRAUS-MACKIW,
E.
SCHÖPF,
A N D W.
MÜLLER-RUCHHOLTZ (Heidelberg): Comparison of cell-mediated immune reactions in sympathetic and phacogenic ophthalmia with reactions in uveitis of other origin E U G E N E J. -M. A. THONAR (Johannesburg):
Jumor-
al and cellular immune response to uveal." d joint tissue antigens
R. CAMPINCHI, E. B L O C H - M I C H E L , J. CARTRON, R.
HABIBI, A N D M. BOGOSSIAN (Paris): Lymphocyte
transformation test in uveal pathology JEFFERY FREEDMAN (Johannesburg): Immunological aspects of uveitis in Bantu-speaking Negroes of South Africa
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P. B O N N E T , J. P. F A U R E , A N D J. C. L E D O U A R E C
(Zurich): Nonspecific immune parameters and hep-atitis B antigens in patients with uveitis
(Clermont-Ferrand): Standardization of an experimental immune uveitis in the rabbit for topical testing of drugs
J. JENSSEN, H. L. JENSSEN, H. KÖHLER, A N D H.
FRIEMEL (Rostock): The use of the macrophage electrophoretic mobility test for the diagnosis of eye diseases
ROBERT A. NOZIK, WILLIAM A. GODFREY, W A L LACE V. E P S T E I N , G. RICHARD O ' C O N N O R , SAMUEL J. KIMURA, A N D M I C H A E L J. H O G A N (San Francisco,
Calif.): Immunosuppressive treatment of uveitis
B. ALGAN AND J. F A U (Nancy): Considerations on the value of allergic cutaneous tests in the diagnosis of uveitis and its therapeutic management
KOKI AOKI A N D SEIJI SUGIURA (Sapporo):
SEIJI SUGIURA, MAKOTO SANEFUJI A N D SCHIGEAKI
G. B. BIETTI, L. CERULLI, A N D P. PIVETTI-PEZZI
O H N O (Sapporo): Immunological studies on Behçet's and Harada's diseases. I. Cell-mediated immunity in Behçet's and Harada's diseases. II. HL-A antigens associated with Behçet's disease
(Rome): Behçet's disease and immunosuppressive treatment. Our personal experience
Immuno-
suppressive treatment of Behçet's disease