| Armand Imbert, Adolf Fick, and their tonometry law. | |
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PMID: 22020170 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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'The basis of tonometry by applanation, even of tonometry as a whole, is Fick's law, or Imbert-Fick's law, which actually is a much more accurate name'. It is affirmatively cited solely in the ophthalmic and optometric literature, and in patent applications for new tonometers, but as a law of physics underlying clinical practice, it has been challenged both on theoretical grounds and on empirical, evidence-based, data. As the diagnosis and treatment success of glaucoma are primarily determined by tonometry, it seemed profitable to explore in historical context the genesis of this 'law' that was said to be the basis of the method.Eye advance online publication, 21 October 2011; doi:10.1038/eye.2011.248. |
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H H Mark |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-21 |
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Title: Eye (London, England) Volume: - ISSN: 1476-5454 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8703986 Medline TA: Eye (Lond) Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, North Haven, CT, USA. |
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