Comparison of a rebound and an applanation tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure in normal rabbits

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 321-326

  Pereira, Fabiana Quartiero ^a   Bercht, Bernardo Stefano ^a   Soares, Mírian Gomes ^a   da Mota, Maurício Grillo Bittencourt ^a   Pigatto, João Antonio Tadeu ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Rabbits; Tono Pen Avia; Tonovet

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; RABBITS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80053016203     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2011.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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