Effect of central corneal thickness and radius of the corneal curvature on intraocular pressure measured with the Tono-Pen and noncontact tonometer in healthy schoolchildren

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 216-222

  Yildirim, Nilgun ^a   Sahin, Afsun ^a   Basmak, Hikmet ^a   Bal, Cengiz ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; TONOMETER;

EID: 34548039748     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20070701-02     Document Type: Article

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