DJO VOLUME 14 NUM 7. JAN.-MARCH 2008 Role of Avastin in Management of Diabetic Retinopathy Cataract Surgery in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Role of Systemic Acyclovir in Recurrent Cases of Disciform Keratitis" The Science of Spirituality Ocular Tuberculosis: Current Paradigms in Diagnosis and Management Current treatment for Diabetic Macular Oedema Fields in Neuroophthalmology Editor Dr. Rajpal Insaan Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology Editorial Board: DJO Advisor : Chief Editor : Rajvardhan Azad Rajpal Insaan Associate Editors: International Scientific Coordinator: Tanuj Dada, Dinesh Talwar Insaan, Sanjay Chaudhary, S. Bharti, Ashok Garg Shailesh G.M., Rajesh Sinha, Sonia Bhargav, Mohita Sharma, International advisory board: Ajay Aurora Samuel J.K. Abraham, NCRM Chennai, India Managing Editors : Suresh K. Chandra, USA Pradeep Sharma Insaan, Prashaant Chaudhry, Rohit Saxena, V.K. Raju, USA Sanjeev Gupta, Subhash Dadeya, Vishnu Gupta, Sharad Lakhotia, Punita K. Sodhi Howard Fine ,USA Deputy Editors: S.M. Betharia ,Muscat Aditya Insaan, Rajender Khanna, Subrata Mandal, Shibal Mateen Ahmed ,USA Bhartiya, Nita Gurha, Anuj Mehta, Manisha Rathi Rasik B. Vajpayee ,Australia Assistant Editors: Boris Malyugin ,Russia Avneesh Gupta Insaan, Rajeev Garg, Tinku Bali Razdan, Neeraj Mark J. Terry ,USA Manchanda, Sarita Beri, S.K. Sahu, G.K.Das, Rakesh Mahajan Senior Executive Editors: S. Bharti, S.C. Lakhotia, Namrata Sharma, Amit Khosla, Sanjay Chaudhary, S K Khokhar, Rishi Mohan, Alkesh Chaudhary, Lalit Verma, Angshuman Goswami, Rajiv Gupta, Sanjeev Gupta,Rajender Prasad, Anita Sethi, Cyrus M. Shroff Contributing Editors : Hemali Sharma Insaan, Umang Mathur, Suneeta Dubey, Prashant Nathani, Shashwat Ray, Shalini Mohan, Rasheena Bansal, Julie Pegu, Abhiyan Kumar, Murlidharan, Thirumalesh, Neeraj Sharma, Punita Sodhi, Siddarth, Sumeet Khanduja, Neha Khanduja, Saurabh Dileep, Zahir Abbas, Sunil, Nagindra Vashist, Ritesh Gupta, Lalit Alok, Munish Dhawan Abstract review editors: Ritika Sachdeva, Charu Mittal Section editors: Cornea : Anita Panda, Ritu Arora, Radhika Tandon, Namarta Sharma Refractive surgery : Rasik B Vajpayee, Mahipal S. Sachdev, J.S. Titiyal, Rajinder Prasad Cataract : Abhay Vasavada, P.V. Chadha, Anil Tara, Vivek Pal, Sudipto Pakrasi ,A.K.Aggrawal Glaucoma : N.N.Sood, H.C.Agarwal, Ramanjit Sihota, Madhu Bhadauria, Usha Raina, Devender Sood J.K.S. Parihar, J.C. Das, Geeta Srinivasan Retina : P.N. Nagpal, Atul Kumar , Natarajan, A.K. Singh, R.B. Jain, Amod Gupta, B. Ghose, Y.R. Sharma, Manish Nagpal , M. Dogra, J.S. Guha, Rajpal Insaan Ocular Trauma : Brig.D.P. Vats, Lt. Col. J.K.S. Parihar, Shukla, D.K. Mehta , Mahesh Chandra Ocular Psychiatry : Ashok Sharma Insaan Oculoplasty : Ashok Grover, V.P. Gupta, Sushil Kumar, Mandeep Bajaj, Anita Sethi, Neelam Pushkar, Rachana Meel, Archana Sood Squint and Neuroophthalmolgy : Vimla Menon, Pradeep Sharma, Kamlesh, P.K Pandey, Gopal Das, Satya Karna, Subhash Dadeya Uvea : Rajpal Insaan, SP Garg, Vaishali Gupta,Pradeep Venkatesh, Biswas Jyoti May, Virender Sangwan Pediatric Ophthalmology : S. Ghose, S Khokhar, Anju Rastogi, Sarita Beri, Ocular Genetics : Jasbir Kaur, Rima Dada Insaan Stem Cell : Samuel JK Abraham,RV Azad, Lalit Kumar,Sujata Mohanty Medicolegal advisor : Madan Mohan,T.D. Dogra, P.C. Dixit, R.K. Sharma, Rajendra Prashad Ocular Pharamacology : T. Velpandian, Alok K. Ravi Ocular Microbiology : Geeta Satpathy, Niranjan Nayak Community Ophtha. : Rajkumar Gupta Insaan, R. Jose , G.V.S. Murthy, P. 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