A history of intraocular pressure and its measurement

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Stamper, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

history of tonometry; Intraocular pressure; intraocular pressure measurement; tonometers; tonometry

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; DYNAMIC CONTOUR; EASTERN EUROPE; INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC NEUROPATHIES; POTENTIAL ERRORS; TONOMETERS; TONOMETRY; VISION LOSS;

BIOMECHANICS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

PRESSURE SENSORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 78651472330     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318205a4e7     Document Type: Review

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