Influence of lens material and intra-ocular pressure on the outcome of non-contact tonometry over soft contact lenses

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 68-72

  Patel, Sudi ^a,b   Stevenson, Graeme ^c  

^a INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c The Boots Company PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IOP; Rigidity; Soft contact lens power

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS POWER; MYOPIA; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; SOFT CONTACT LENS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WATER CONTENT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349142410     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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