Evaluation of the pressure phosphene tonometer as a self-tonometer

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-428

  Naruse, Shigeta ^a   Mori, Kazuhiko ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Goldmann applanation tonometer; Pressure phosphene tonometer; Proview; Self tonometer; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TONOMETER; ULTRASOUND; UPPER EYELID; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHENES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 28244436695     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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