Effects of central corneal thickness and corneal curvature on the intraocular pressure measurement by Goldmann applanation tonometer and ocular blood flow pneumatonometer

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 516-520

  Saleh, Tarek A ^a,b   Adams, Morag ^a   Mcdermott, Bill ^a   Claridge, Kate G ^a   Ewings, Paul ^a  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Conrneal curvature; Goldmann applanation tonometer; Intraocular pressure; Ocular blood flow pneumatonometer

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PNEUMATONOMETER; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RECORDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONOMETER;

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

EID: 33747346135     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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