Estimation of intraocular pressure in rabbits using noncontact tonometer: A comparative evaluation with Schiotz tonometer

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 405-409

  Gupta, S K ^a,b   Saxena, R ^c   Agarwal, R ^a   Galpalli, N D ^a   Srivastava, S ^a   Agrawal, S S ^a  

^a DELHI INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Okhla Industrial Area Phase I   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Noncontact tonometer; Rabbits; Schiotz tonometer

Indexed keywords

TIMOLOL; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONCONTACT TONOMETER; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIOETZ TONOMETER; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIMOLOL; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 35348975125     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2007.29.6.1119161     Document Type: Article

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