Comparison of intraocular pressure measurements with the digital tonometer TGDc-01 'PRA' and the Goldmann applanation tonometer

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 250-254

  Meyer, Michaelw ^a   Gockeln, Roland ^a   Hoy, Ludwig ^a   Meyer, Andrea ^a   Erb, Carl ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital tonometer; Goldmann applanation tonometry; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TONOMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 10844227265     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081204     Document Type: Article

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