Corneal pachymetry and intraocular pressure;Hornhaut-pachymetrie und augeninnendruck

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 222, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 558-567

  Hager, A ^a   Dave, H ^a   Wiegand, W ^a  

^a Klinik Heidberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CORNEA THICKNESS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTOMETRY; REVIEW;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MANOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23844507167     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858113     Document Type: Review

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