Evaluation of tonometric correction factors

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 337-343

  Gunvant, Pinakin ^a   O'Leary, Daniel James ^b   Baskaran, Mani ^c   Broadway, David Charles ^d   Watkins, Russell Julian ^e   Vijaya, Lingam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Correction factors; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMOGRAMS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 25644446762     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000176940.81799.33     Document Type: Article

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