Measuring accurate IOPs: Does correction factor help or hurt?
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Measuring accurate IOPs: Does correction factor help or hurt?
PURPOSE To evaluate if using the Ehlers correction factor on the intraocular pressure (IOP) measured using the Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT) improves its agreement with the PASCAL dynamic contour tonometer (DCT). PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 120 eyes of 120 individuals were examined. Participants underwent IOP measurement with both the DCT and the GAT and central corneal thickness m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Ophthalmology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1177-5483
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s11105