The relative effects of corneal thickness and age on Goldmann applanation tonometry and dynamic contour tonometry

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1572-1575

  Kotecha, A ^a   White, E T ^a   Shewry, J M ^a   Garway Heath, D F ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DYNAMIC CONTOUR TONOMETRY; FEMALE; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 28444475214     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.075580     Document Type: Article

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