The Accuracy of Continued Clinical Use of Goldmann Applanation Tonometers with Known Calibration Errors

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-13

  Sandhu, Sukhpal S ^a   Chattopadhyay, Sandip ^a   Amariotakis, George A ^a   Skarmoutsos, Fillipos ^a   Birch, Michael K ^a   Ray Chaudhuri, Neeta ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 57949104086     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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