Comparison of the iCare rebound tonometer and the Goldmann applanation tonometer over a wide IOP range

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 875-879

  Munkwitz, S ^a   Elkarmouty, A ^a,b   Hoffmann, E M ^a   Pfeiffer, N ^a   Thieme, H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Magrabi Eye Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Correlation; Goldmann applanation tonometer; iCare rebound tonometer; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONOMETER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 43249124722     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0758-3     Document Type: Article

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