Falsely elevated intraocular pressure due to increased central corneal thickness

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 220-224

  Bron, Alain M ^a,b   Creuzot Garcher, Catherine ^a   Goudeau Boutillon, Sophie ^a   D'Athis, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONOMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033049723     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050222     Document Type: Article

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