Predictive value of tonometry with Tono-pen® XL in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 541, 2007, Pages 653-654

  Beneyto, Pedro ^a   Barajas, Miguel A ^b   Garcia de Blas, Francisa ^b   del Cura, Isabel ^b   Sanz, Teresa ^b   Vello, Rocio ^b   Salvador, Carmela ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b Mendiguchia City Health Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Intraocular hypertension; Intraocular pressure; Predictive pressure; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TONOMETRY; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPAIN; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 34547819233     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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