Effects of corneal thickness on intraocular pressure measured with three different tonometers

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Murase, Hiroki ^a   Sawada, Akira ^a   Mochizuki, Kiyofumi ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Goldmann applanation tonometer; Intraocular pressure; Noncontact tonometer; Portable noncontact tonometer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449109653     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-008-0621-z     Document Type: Article

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