Tonometry in normal and scarred corneas, and in postkeratoplasty eyes: A comparative study of the goldmann, the ProTon and the schiotz tonometers

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Jain, Arun Kumar ^a   Saini, Jagjit S ^a   Gupta, Rajeev ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Goldmann applanation tonometer; Postkeratoplasty eyes; ProTon tonometer; Scarred corneas; Schiotz tonometer; TonoPen tonometer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCAR;

ADOLESCENT; CICATRIX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0034157968     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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