Effect of photorefractive keratectomy on the accuracy of pneumatonometer readings in rabbits

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1810-1814

  Tuunanen, Tiina H ^a   Hämäläinen, Pirjo ^b   Mali, Marja ^b   Oksala, Olli ^b   Tervo, Timo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Oy Leiras Finland Ab   (Finland)

Author keywords

corneal biomechanics; excimer laser; intraocular pressure; pneumatonometry; rabbit cornea

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATECTOMY; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TONOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MYOPIA; RABBITS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0029788813     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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