Performance of the rebound, noncontact and Goldmann applanation tonometers in routine clinical practice

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 676-680

  Martinez De La Casa, Jose M ^a   Jimenez Santos, Maria ^b   Saenz Frances, Federico ^a   Matilla Rodero, Maria ^b   Mendez Hernandez, Carmen ^a   Herrero Vanrell, Rocio ^c   Garcia Feijoo, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

glaucoma, tonometry; Goldmann; Icare, rebound; intraocular pressure; noncontact

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETRY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONCONTACT TONOMETRY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REBOUND TONOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; TONOMETRY;

CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 80155201206     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01774.x     Document Type: Article

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