Attempted eyelid closure affects intraocular pressure measurement

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 417-420

  Gandhi, Parag D ^a   Gürses Özden, Rabia ^b   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^b,c   Ritch, Robert ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; FLUOROCAINE; PROXYMETACAINE; TETRACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0035063905     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00802-3     Document Type: Article

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