Is the PASCAL®-Tonometer suitable for measuring intraocular pressure in clinical routine? Long- and short-term reproducibility of dynamic contour tonometry

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Herdener, Sonja ^a   Hafizovic, D ^a   Pache, M ^a   Lautebach, S ^a   Funk, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic contour tonometry; Glaucoma; Goldmann applanation tonometry; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 41149083154     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210801800107     Document Type: Article

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