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Problems of Normal and Genetically Abnormal Retinas
574
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Outstanding chapters include Gregor and Ryan's "Management of posterior oc ular injury," Tabbara's "Ocular toxoplasmosis," and "Fungal keratitis" by Tapert and Jones. Topping's chapter on "Compli cations of pars plana vitrectomy" offers particularly excellent and complete cov erage. These four chapters, alone, almost justify the steep purchase price of $44.50. Von Noorden's "Use of the posteri or fixation suture," Putterman's coverage of "Basal cell carcinoma involving the eyelids: Surgical management," and Wilhelmus' "Management of herpetic eye disease" are practical, concise, and informative. Unfortunately, Hue's pre sentation, "Intraocular lens implantation in children," seems a bit controversial for a book reporting current ocular therapy. He presents little reason to support a procedure that offers a questionable ad vantage over previous methods of man agement. Moreover, a 33.3% mean endothelial cell loss is an ominous sign for surgically treated adolescent eyes. The editors, ambitiously, intended the book to fit a niche already crowded by journals, textbooks, tapes, and reports of meetings. Admirably, the book fulfills that intention. Indeed, all of the chap ters are current, most outstanding, some controversial, and only a couple mundane. R A N D Y V.
CAMPO
Catalog of the Bernard Becker, M.D. Collection in Ophthalmology, 2nd ed. Compiled by Christopher Hoolihan and Mark F. Weimer. St. Louis, Washing ton University School of Medicine Li brary, 1983. Softcover, 112 pages, index, 14 black and white figures. $30 The first edition of the catalog of the Bernard Becker Collection in Ophthal
APRIL, 1983
mology at the Washington University School of Medicine library appeared in March 1979. This second edition pro vides 160 new entries: 90 of the new entries include works in the collection published between 1851 and 1900; the other 70 titles have all been purchased since the publication of the first edition. This, of course, is not the full extent of the Washington University library in oph thalmology; there are other volumes in the library's rare books collection. The volume is most attractively prepared, with bibliographic and biographical notes for each entry. The volume is an important and interesting addition to the history of ophthalmology. FRANK W.
NEWELL
SYMPOSIA Problems of Normal and Genetically Ab normal Retinas. Edited by R. M. Clay ton, J. Haywood, H. W. Reading, and A. Wright. London, Academic Press Ltd., 1982. Hardcover, 400 pages, index, 106 black and white figures. $35 This volume contains the proceedings of an international workshop held in Edinburgh during September 1981. Dis cussions concerned animal models of reti nal dystrophy, their relevance to human retinitis pigmentosa, and strategies for future research. CLAYTON, R. M.: Cellular and molecular biology of the retina. Introduction PESSAC, B., C R I S A N T I - C O M B E S , P., ROMEY, G., AND
GIRARD, A.: Permanent cell lines derived from quail and mouse retinas BEALE,
R.,
NEUHOFF,
V.,
AND
OSBORNE,
N. N.: The characterization of cell cultures of neonatal retina M C D E V I T T , D. S.: The retina and iris in regener ation of the eye lens CLAYTON, R. M.: Molecular overlaps and interconversions between retina and other tissues
VOL.
95, NO. 4
BOOK REVIEWS
SHINDE, S. L., AND EGUCHI, G.:
Enhanced trans-
differentiation in cultures of embryonic neural reti nal cells by chinoform-ferric chetate induced selec tive elimination of neuroblasts DE POMERAI, D. I.: Accumulation of GABA and choline in cultures of chick embryo neuroretinal cells MOSCONA, A. A. : The role of cell contacts in the differentiation of embryo retina cells EGUCHI, G.: Stabilization structure in vivo and in vitro TRISLER,
G. D . ,
SCHNEIDER,
of
pigment-retinal
M. D . ,
MOSKAL,
J. R., AND NIRENBERG, M.: Molecules that define a dorsal-ventral axis of retina can be used to identify cell position THOMPSON, P., ARRUTI, C., MAURICE, D . , PLOUET, J., BARRITAULT, D . , AND COURTOIS, Y.: Angio-
genic activity of a cell growth-regulating factor derived from the retina OKADA, T. S.: Cellular and molecular biology of the retina. Summing up CHADER, G. J.: view
575
CHADER, G. J. : Cyclic nucleotides and early onset retinal dysplasia AGUIRRE,
G.,
O'BRIEN,
P.,
MARSHALL,
J., A N D
BUYUKMIOHI, N.: Outer segment renewal in ca nine retinal degeneration. LOLLEY, R. N. : Cyclic GMP synthesis and hydro lysis in visual cells of rd mouse retina HOLLYFIELD, J. G.: Drug induced photoreceptor degeneration. Simulation of inherited degenerative disorders in normal retinas LAV AIL,
M. M.,
YASUMURA,
AND PINTO, L. H.:
D.,
GORRIN,
G.,
The interphotoreceptor ma
trix in RCS rats. Possible role in photoreceptor cell death SANYAL, S.: A survey of cytomorphological changes during expression of the retinal degenera tion (rd) gene in the mouse W I L S O N , M. A., POLLOCK, B. J., CLAYTON, R. M.,
AND RANDALL, C. J.: Early development of a new RP-like mutant in the chick POLLOCK, B. ] . , WILSON, M. A., RANDALL, C. J.,
Retinal biochemistry—A holistic
AND CLAYTON, R. M. : Preliminary observations of a new blind chick mutant (beg)
OSBORNE, N. NL: Chemical messengers in the retina
W O L F , E. D.: An inherited retinal abnormality in Rhode Island red chickens
RAPP,
READING, H. W., AND MACINNES, D. G. :
L. M., W I E G A N D ,
R. D . , AND ANDERSON,
A scan
R. E.: Ferrous ion-mediated retinal degeneration. Role of rod outer segment lipid peroxidation
ning electron microscopy study of inherited retinal degeneration in the rat
WIEGAND, R. D . , GUISTO, N. M., AND ANDERSON,
LAV AIL, M. M.: Animal models and human dis ease. Summing up
R. E.: Lipid changes in albino rat rod outer seg ments following constant illumination CONVERSE, C. A.: Chloroquine and fhioridazineinduced retinopathies IKEDA, H., AND SHEARDOWN, M. J.:
An iontopho-
retic study in the retina in optically intact cat eye. A possible transmitter mediating ganglion cell excita tion OSBORNE, N. N.: Serotonin, cholecystokinin and substance P amacrine neurones in the frog retina READING, H. W.: The possible role of TRH and other peptides in the retina DE GRIP, W. J., A N D MARGRY, R. C. J. F.:
Im
munology of rhodopsin and some of its proteolytic fragments JACOBSON, S. G., AND IKEDA, H.:
Rod and cone
ARDEN, G. B. : Animal models and human disease —An overview BARNETT, K. C : Retinal diseases in domestic ani mals CHADER, G. J. K O H , S.-W. M., A N D MASTERSON,
E. : Effect of ornithine on macromolecular biosyn thesis in embryonic pigment epithelium FÄRBER, D. B., AND CHASE, D . G. :
Iodoacetate-in-
duced degeneration of cone visual cells in ground squirrel retina BERMAN,
E. R.,
KAITZ,
M,,
AND SEGAL,
N.:
Effects of vitamin A deprivation in RCS (dystrophic) and RCS-rdy+ (congenic) rats JANSEN, P. A. A., DAEMEN, F. J. M., AND DE GRIP,
electroretinograms in the cat
W. J. : Retinal-reductase activity in normal and dystrophic rats
READING, H. W.: Biochemistry and neuropharmacology. Summing up
HAYWOOD, J. : Animal models and human disease. Summing up
LOLLEY, R. N.: Genetics and development. An overview
BIRD, A. C : Retinitis pigmentosa—A clinician's viewpoint
576
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
APRIL, 1983
CLAYTON, R. M.: Differential diagnosis—A bio-
VOADEN, M. J.: Taurine and retinitis pigmentosa
ogica viewpoin
VOADEN, M. J., CHAN, I. P. R., AND HUSSAIN,
WIRZ, K., AND LEE, W. : The ultrastructural characteristics of congenital hyperplasia of the retinal
A. A. : Taurine uptake by platelets from patients with retinitis pigmentosa
P
ARDEN, G. B. : The electroretinogram in dominantly inherited retinitis pigmentosa
CUTHBERT, J , AND CLAYTON, R. M.:
Cataract in
association with retinitis pigmentosa. Analysis of the crystallin subunit composition
Policy Statement on Copyright Transfer Ophthalmic Publishing Company In order to continue to provide the widest possible dissemination of scientific information in ophthalmology, the Ophthalmic Publishing Company, publishers of The AMERICAN JOURNAL O F O P H T H A L M O L O G Y , must obtain written transfer of copyright from every author. At the time of acceptance, a request for written transfer of copyright will be sent to the corresponding author of each article. The signed transfer must be returned to: Copyright Recorder Ophthalmic Publishing Company Tribune Tower, Suite 1415 435 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, I L 60611 The signed copyright transfer confirms that each part of this work, including text, figures, tables, and references, has been submitted solely to T H E AMERICAN JOURNAL O F O P H T H A L M O L O G Y and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, or published previously. This signed transfer confirms that no part of t h e article is subject to copyright or other rights except those of the author or authors. No article may be published in T H E AMERICAN JOURNAL O F O P H T H A L M O L O G Y until the company has received this signed transfer agreement. In return for the transfer of rights, the Ophthalmic Publishing Company assumes responsibility for future reprinting of the article. As in the past, permission to reprint portions (text, tables, figures, and long quotations) or entire articles will be granted only with the approval of the authors. This approval must be obtained by whomever wishes to use the material. FRANK W. N E W E L L ,
M.D.
Editor-in-Chief AMERICAN JOURNAL O F O P H T H A L M O L O G Y
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Outstanding chapters include Gregor and Ryan's "Management of posterior oc ular injury," Tabbara's "Ocular toxoplasmosis," and "Fungal keratitis" by Tapert and Jones. Topping's chapter on "Compli cations of pars plana vitrectomy" offers particularly excellent and complete cov erage. These four chapters, alone, almost justify the steep purchase price of $44.50. Von Noorden's "Use of the posteri or fixation suture," Putterman's coverage of "Basal cell carcinoma involving the eyelids: Surgical management," and Wilhelmus' "Management of herpetic eye disease" are practical, concise, and informative. Unfortunately, Hue's pre sentation, "Intraocular lens implantation in children," seems a bit controversial for a book reporting current ocular therapy. He presents little reason to support a procedure that offers a questionable ad vantage over previous methods of man agement. Moreover, a 33.3% mean endothelial cell loss is an ominous sign for surgically treated adolescent eyes. The editors, ambitiously, intended the book to fit a niche already crowded by journals, textbooks, tapes, and reports of meetings. Admirably, the book fulfills that intention. Indeed, all of the chap ters are current, most outstanding, some controversial, and only a couple mundane. R A N D Y V.
CAMPO
Catalog of the Bernard Becker, M.D. Collection in Ophthalmology, 2nd ed. Compiled by Christopher Hoolihan and Mark F. Weimer. St. Louis, Washing ton University School of Medicine Li brary, 1983. Softcover, 112 pages, index, 14 black and white figures. $30 The first edition of the catalog of the Bernard Becker Collection in Ophthal
APRIL, 1983
mology at the Washington University School of Medicine library appeared in March 1979. This second edition pro vides 160 new entries: 90 of the new entries include works in the collection published between 1851 and 1900; the other 70 titles have all been purchased since the publication of the first edition. This, of course, is not the full extent of the Washington University library in oph thalmology; there are other volumes in the library's rare books collection. The volume is most attractively prepared, with bibliographic and biographical notes for each entry. The volume is an important and interesting addition to the history of ophthalmology. FRANK W.
NEWELL
SYMPOSIA Problems of Normal and Genetically Ab normal Retinas. Edited by R. M. Clay ton, J. Haywood, H. W. Reading, and A. Wright. London, Academic Press Ltd., 1982. Hardcover, 400 pages, index, 106 black and white figures. $35 This volume contains the proceedings of an international workshop held in Edinburgh during September 1981. Dis cussions concerned animal models of reti nal dystrophy, their relevance to human retinitis pigmentosa, and strategies for future research. CLAYTON, R. M.: Cellular and molecular biology of the retina. Introduction PESSAC, B., C R I S A N T I - C O M B E S , P., ROMEY, G., AND
GIRARD, A.: Permanent cell lines derived from quail and mouse retinas BEALE,
R.,
NEUHOFF,
V.,
AND
OSBORNE,
N. N.: The characterization of cell cultures of neonatal retina M C D E V I T T , D. S.: The retina and iris in regener ation of the eye lens CLAYTON, R. M.: Molecular overlaps and interconversions between retina and other tissues
VOL.
95, NO. 4
BOOK REVIEWS
SHINDE, S. L., AND EGUCHI, G.:
Enhanced trans-
differentiation in cultures of embryonic neural reti nal cells by chinoform-ferric chetate induced selec tive elimination of neuroblasts DE POMERAI, D. I.: Accumulation of GABA and choline in cultures of chick embryo neuroretinal cells MOSCONA, A. A. : The role of cell contacts in the differentiation of embryo retina cells EGUCHI, G.: Stabilization structure in vivo and in vitro TRISLER,
G. D . ,
SCHNEIDER,
of
pigment-retinal
M. D . ,
MOSKAL,
J. R., AND NIRENBERG, M.: Molecules that define a dorsal-ventral axis of retina can be used to identify cell position THOMPSON, P., ARRUTI, C., MAURICE, D . , PLOUET, J., BARRITAULT, D . , AND COURTOIS, Y.: Angio-
genic activity of a cell growth-regulating factor derived from the retina OKADA, T. S.: Cellular and molecular biology of the retina. Summing up CHADER, G. J.: view
575
CHADER, G. J. : Cyclic nucleotides and early onset retinal dysplasia AGUIRRE,
G.,
O'BRIEN,
P.,
MARSHALL,
J., A N D
BUYUKMIOHI, N.: Outer segment renewal in ca nine retinal degeneration. LOLLEY, R. N. : Cyclic GMP synthesis and hydro lysis in visual cells of rd mouse retina HOLLYFIELD, J. G.: Drug induced photoreceptor degeneration. Simulation of inherited degenerative disorders in normal retinas LAV AIL,
M. M.,
YASUMURA,
AND PINTO, L. H.:
D.,
GORRIN,
G.,
The interphotoreceptor ma
trix in RCS rats. Possible role in photoreceptor cell death SANYAL, S.: A survey of cytomorphological changes during expression of the retinal degenera tion (rd) gene in the mouse W I L S O N , M. A., POLLOCK, B. J., CLAYTON, R. M.,
AND RANDALL, C. J.: Early development of a new RP-like mutant in the chick POLLOCK, B. ] . , WILSON, M. A., RANDALL, C. J.,
Retinal biochemistry—A holistic
AND CLAYTON, R. M. : Preliminary observations of a new blind chick mutant (beg)
OSBORNE, N. NL: Chemical messengers in the retina
W O L F , E. D.: An inherited retinal abnormality in Rhode Island red chickens
RAPP,
READING, H. W., AND MACINNES, D. G. :
L. M., W I E G A N D ,
R. D . , AND ANDERSON,
A scan
R. E.: Ferrous ion-mediated retinal degeneration. Role of rod outer segment lipid peroxidation
ning electron microscopy study of inherited retinal degeneration in the rat
WIEGAND, R. D . , GUISTO, N. M., AND ANDERSON,
LAV AIL, M. M.: Animal models and human dis ease. Summing up
R. E.: Lipid changes in albino rat rod outer seg ments following constant illumination CONVERSE, C. A.: Chloroquine and fhioridazineinduced retinopathies IKEDA, H., AND SHEARDOWN, M. J.:
An iontopho-
retic study in the retina in optically intact cat eye. A possible transmitter mediating ganglion cell excita tion OSBORNE, N. N.: Serotonin, cholecystokinin and substance P amacrine neurones in the frog retina READING, H. W.: The possible role of TRH and other peptides in the retina DE GRIP, W. J., A N D MARGRY, R. C. J. F.:
Im
munology of rhodopsin and some of its proteolytic fragments JACOBSON, S. G., AND IKEDA, H.:
Rod and cone
ARDEN, G. B. : Animal models and human disease —An overview BARNETT, K. C : Retinal diseases in domestic ani mals CHADER, G. J. K O H , S.-W. M., A N D MASTERSON,
E. : Effect of ornithine on macromolecular biosyn thesis in embryonic pigment epithelium FÄRBER, D. B., AND CHASE, D . G. :
Iodoacetate-in-
duced degeneration of cone visual cells in ground squirrel retina BERMAN,
E. R.,
KAITZ,
M,,
AND SEGAL,
N.:
Effects of vitamin A deprivation in RCS (dystrophic) and RCS-rdy+ (congenic) rats JANSEN, P. A. A., DAEMEN, F. J. M., AND DE GRIP,
electroretinograms in the cat
W. J. : Retinal-reductase activity in normal and dystrophic rats
READING, H. W.: Biochemistry and neuropharmacology. Summing up
HAYWOOD, J. : Animal models and human disease. Summing up
LOLLEY, R. N.: Genetics and development. An overview
BIRD, A. C : Retinitis pigmentosa—A clinician's viewpoint
576
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
APRIL, 1983
CLAYTON, R. M.: Differential diagnosis—A bio-
VOADEN, M. J.: Taurine and retinitis pigmentosa
ogica viewpoin
VOADEN, M. J., CHAN, I. P. R., AND HUSSAIN,
WIRZ, K., AND LEE, W. : The ultrastructural characteristics of congenital hyperplasia of the retinal
A. A. : Taurine uptake by platelets from patients with retinitis pigmentosa
P
ARDEN, G. B. : The electroretinogram in dominantly inherited retinitis pigmentosa
CUTHBERT, J , AND CLAYTON, R. M.:
Cataract in
association with retinitis pigmentosa. Analysis of the crystallin subunit composition
Policy Statement on Copyright Transfer Ophthalmic Publishing Company In order to continue to provide the widest possible dissemination of scientific information in ophthalmology, the Ophthalmic Publishing Company, publishers of The AMERICAN JOURNAL O F O P H T H A L M O L O G Y , must obtain written transfer of copyright from every author. At the time of acceptance, a request for written transfer of copyright will be sent to the corresponding author of each article. The signed transfer must be returned to: Copyright Recorder Ophthalmic Publishing Company Tribune Tower, Suite 1415 435 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, I L 60611 The signed copyright transfer confirms that each part of this work, including text, figures, tables, and references, has been submitted solely to T H E AMERICAN JOURNAL O F O P H T H A L M O L O G Y and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, or published previously. This signed transfer confirms that no part of t h e article is subject to copyright or other rights except those of the author or authors. No article may be published in T H E AMERICAN JOURNAL O F O P H T H A L M O L O G Y until the company has received this signed transfer agreement. In return for the transfer of rights, the Ophthalmic Publishing Company assumes responsibility for future reprinting of the article. As in the past, permission to reprint portions (text, tables, figures, and long quotations) or entire articles will be granted only with the approval of the authors. This approval must be obtained by whomever wishes to use the material. FRANK W. N E W E L L ,
M.D.
Editor-in-Chief AMERICAN JOURNAL O F O P H T H A L M O L O G Y