The role of pachymetry in routine glaucoma diagnosis;Die rolle der pachymetrie in der täglichen glaukomdiagnostik

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-130

  Von Eicken, Jörn ^a   Kohlhaas, M ^b   Stodtmeister, R ^c   Hoh H ^a  

^a Dietrich Bonhoeffer Klinikum   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c Gemeinschaftspraxis und Belegabteilung am St Elisabeth Krankenhaus Rodalben   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Goldmann applanation tonometry; Normal tension glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Pachymetry; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA THICKNESS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW;

ARTIFACTS; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 33644908760     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858724     Document Type: Review

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