Suitability and calibration of a rebound tonometer to measure IOP in rabbit and pig eyes

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-68

  Löbler, Marian ^a   Rehmer, Annelie ^a,b   Guthoff, Rudolf ^a   Martin, Heiner ^a   Sternberg, Katrin ^a   Stachs, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; IOP; Linear function; Pig; Rabbit; Rebound tonometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; STANDARD; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; RABBITS; SWINE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 78650784329     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2010.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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