Does the surface property of a disposable applanation tonometer account for its underestimation of intraocular pressure when compared with the Goldmann tonometer?

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-559

  Osborne, Sarah F ^a   Williams, Rachel ^b   Batterbury, Mark ^a   Wong, David ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applanation; Disposable tonometer; Goldmann; Tonojet

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HYDROPHILICITY; HYPOTHESIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TONOMETRY;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCEIN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIDOCAINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 33947587080     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0380-9     Document Type: Article

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