The iCare rebound tonometer: Comparisons with Goldmann tonometry, and influence of central corneal thickness

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 687-691

  Poostchi, Ali ^a,b   Mitchell, Robert ^a   Nicholas, Simon ^a,b   Purdie, Gordon ^c   Wells, Anthony ^a,b  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Capital Eye Specialists ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Goldmann tonometry; ICare rebound tonometer; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETER; HUMAN; ICARE REBOUND TONOMETER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERA; TONOMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350148529     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02109.x     Document Type: Article

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