Accuracy of intraocular pressure measurements in New Zealand white rabbits

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2419-2423

  Lim, K Sheng ^a,b   Wickremasinghe, Sanjeewa S ^a   Cordeiro, M Francesca ^b   Bunce, Catey ^a   Khaw, Peng T ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TONOMETER; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 23244440244     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0610     Document Type: Article

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