Non-contact tanometry over soft contact lenses: Effect of contact lens power on the measurement of intra-ocular pressure

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-37

  Patel, Sudhir ^a,c   Illahi, W ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact lens; Intra ocular pressure; Non contact tonometry

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFT CONTACT LENS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS;

EID: 1242321181     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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