Pascal, ICare and Goldmann applanation tonometry - A comparative study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 614-621

  Jóhannesson, Gauti ^a   Hallberg, Per ^a,b   Eklund, Anders ^a,b   Lindén, Christina ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CCT; Corneal curvature; Dynamic contour tonometry; Goldmann; ICare; Intraocular pressure; Pascal; Rebound tonometry; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 51049110094     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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