Comparison of Goldmann applanation tonometer, noncontact tonometer, and TonoPen XL for intraocular pressure measurement in different types of glaucomatous, ocular hypertensive, and normal eyes

Current Eye Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-300

  Kim, Na Rae ^a   Kim, Chan Yun ^a   Kim, Hyunjoong ^b   Seong, Gong Je ^a   Lee, Eun Suk ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Goldmann applanation tonometer; Noncontact tonometer; TonoPen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEA THICKNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TONOMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 79952744549     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2010.542865     Document Type: Article

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