Physiological diurnal variability and characteristics of the ocular pulse amplitude (OPA) with the dynamic contour tonometer (DCT-Pascal®)

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 357-360

  Pourjavan, Sayeh ^a   Boëlle, Pierre Yves ^b   Detry Morel, Michéle ^a   De Potter, Patrick ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic contour tonometry; Goldmann applanation tonometry; Intraocular pressure; Ocular pulse amplitude

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC CONTOUR TONOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOGRAPHY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TONOMETER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 36049005227     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9161-7     Document Type: Article

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