The relationship between central corneal thickness and Goldmann applanation tonometry

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-108

  Lleó, Antonio ^a   Marcos, Asunción ^a   Calatayud, Manuel ^a   Alonso, Luis ^a   Rahhal, Saleh M ^a   Sanchis Gimeno, Juan A ^a,b,c  

^a Rahhal Ophthalmology Clinic   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Applanation tonometry; Corneal thickness; Intraocular pressure; Pachymetry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0037870104     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2003.tb03068.x     Document Type: Article

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