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Intraocular Pressure Measurement: Tonometry

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Pressure (P) in the physical sense is a force (F) applied on a surface (S):

$$ P = \frac{F}{S} $$

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Roberto Sampaolesi MD (Faculty of Medicine)

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, UCES, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Juan Roberto Sampaolesi MD (Faculty of Medicine)

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Jorge Zárate MD (Faculty of Medicine)

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Sampaolesi, R., Sampaolesi, J.R., Zárate, J. (2014). Intraocular Pressure Measurement: Tonometry. In: The Glaucomas. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35500-4_7

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