The clinical utility of dynamic contour tonometry and ocular pulse amplitude

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 700-703

  Weizer, Jennifer S ^a,b   Asrani, Sanjay ^a   Stinnett, Sandra S ^a   Herndon, Leon W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Dynamic contour tonometry; Intraocular pressure; Ocular pulse amplitude

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; CORNEA; EYE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 37349016169     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31806ab2fe     Document Type: Article

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