The influence of central corneal thickness and age on intraocular pressure measured by pneumotonometry, non-contact tonometry, the Tono-Pen XL, and Goldmann applanation tonometry

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 851-854

  Tonnu, P A ^a   Ho, T ^a   Newson, T ^b   El Sheikh, A ^b   Sharma, K ^a   White, E ^a   Bunce, C ^a   Garway Heath, D F ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GLAUCOMA; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON CONTACT TONOMETRY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMOTONOMETRY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 21344460937     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.056622     Document Type: Article

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