Non-invasive biometric assessment of ocular rigidity in glaucoma patients and controls

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 606-611

  Ebneter, A ^a   Wagels, B ^a   Zinkernagel, M S ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axial eye length; Ocular rigidity; Partial coherence laser interferometry; Primary open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE RIGIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RIGIDITY; TONOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DRUG EFFECTS; ELASTICITY; EYE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; LASER; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIOMETRY; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 62549104603     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.47     Document Type: Article

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