Three portable tonometers, the TGDc-01, the ICARE and the Tonopen XL, compared with each other and with Goldmann applanation tonometry

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 429-435

  Van Der Jagt, Liane H ^a   Jansonius, Nomdo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Impact tonometer; Intraocular pressure; Rebound tonometer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 28244471011     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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