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REPEATED APPLANATION TONOMETRY IN OPTIC ATROPHY
Author(s) -
BYNKE H.,
KRAKAU C. E. T.,
WILKE K.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1972.tb03783.x
Subject(s) - atrophy , applanation tonometry , medicine , ophthalmology , optometry , blood pressure , arterial stiffness
In eight cases with unilateral optic atrophy, the decrease of IOP on repeated applanation measurements was found to be less in the eyes with optic atrophy than in the normal fellow eyes. The consensual effect was reduced in the normal eye and normal in the damaged one.