Effects of Corneal Thickness, Corneal Curvature, and Intraocular Pressure Level on Goldmann Applanation Tonometry and Dynamic Contour Tonometry

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-26

  Francis, Brian A ^a   Hsieh, Amy ^a   Lai, Mei Ying ^a   Chopra, Vikas ^a   Pena, Fernando ^a   Azen, Stanley ^a   Varma, Rohit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 33845807890     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.06.047     Document Type: Article

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