Validity and limits of the rebound tonometer (ICare®): Clinical study

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-257

  Scuderi, Gian Luca ^a   Cascone, Nikhil Carlo ^a   Regine, Federico ^b   Perdicchi, Andrea ^a   Cerulli, Angelica ^b   Recupero, Santi Maria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; ICare ; Intraocular pressure; Rebound tonometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TONOMETER; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 79953655726     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/EJO.2010.3712     Document Type: Article

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