Effect of repeated applanation tonometry on the accuracy of intraocular pressure measurements

Current Eye Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 475-479

  Gaton, Dan D ^a,b   Ehrenberg, Miriam ^a,b   Lusky, Moshe ^a,b   Wussuki Lior, Orly ^b   Dotan, Gad ^a   Weinberger, Dov ^a,b   Snir, Moshe ^a,b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Recurrent applanation tonometry

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONOMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 77952520990     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713681003678824     Document Type: Article

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