Correlation between intraocular pressure, central corneal thickness, stage of glaucoma, and demographic patient data: Prospective analysis of biophysical parameters in tertiary glaucoma practice populations

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-97

  Kniestedt, Christoph ^a,b,c   Lin, Shan ^a   Choe, Joyce ^a   Nee, Michelle ^a   Bostrom, Alan ^a   Stürmer, Jörg ^b   Stamper, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Dynamic contour tonometry; Goldmann applanation tonometry; Ocular pulse amplitude; PASCAL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC CONTOUR TONOMETRY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC CUP DISK RATIO; OPTIC DISK CUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE AMPLITUDE; PULSE WAVE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646761304     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200604000-00003     Document Type: Article

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