Intraocular pressure and ocular pulse amplitude using dynamic contour tonometry and contact lens tonometry

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-7

  Hoffmann, Esther M ^a   Grus, Franz H ^a   Pfeiffer, Norbert ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULAR PULSE AMPLITUDE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 2942596237     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-4-4     Document Type: Article

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