The influence of central corneal thickness and corneal curvature on intraocular pressure measured by tono-pen and rebound tonometer in children

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-61

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

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Corneal curvature; Intraocular pressure; Rebound tonometer; Schoolchildren; Tono pen

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONOMETER;

CHILD; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 40049103428     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31806ab33e     Document Type: Article

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