Comparisons between Pascal dynamic contour tonometry, the TonoPen, and Goldmann applanation tonometry in patients with glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 272-279

  Salvetat, Maria L ^a   Zeppieri, Marco ^a,b,c   Tosoni, Claudia ^a   Brusini, Paolo ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Goldmann applanation tonometry; Pascal dynamic contour tonometry; Primary open angle glaucoma; Tonometry; TonoPen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34248162503     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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