Comparison of the Tono-Pen and Goldman tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 584-589

  Horowitz, Gregory S ^a,c   Byles, Julie ^b   Lee, John ^a   D'Este, Catherine ^b  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparison; Intraocular pressure; Tono Pen

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; TONOMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 11344262810     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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