Ophthalmology
Volume 117, Issue 9 , Pages 1700-1704 , September 2010

Diurnal Intraocular Pressure Patterns are Not Repeatable in the Short Term in Healthy Individuals

  • Tony Realini, MD

      Affiliations

    • West Virginia University Eye Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Tony Realini, MD, 1 Stadium Drive, P.O. Box 9193, Morgantown, WV 26505
    • ,
  • Robert N. Weinreb, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hamilton Glaucoma Center and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
    • ,
  • Stephen R. Wisniewski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Received 18 September 2009 ,Revised 25 January 2010 ,Accepted 26 January 2010.

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 Manuscript no. 2009-1295.

 Financial Disclosure(s): The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.

 Supported by the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland (grant nos.: K23EY018859 and R03EY015682 [TR]); and by an unrestricted grant to West Virginia University from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York.

PII: S0161-6420(10)00117-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.01.044

Ophthalmology
Volume 117, Issue 9 , Pages 1700-1704 , September 2010

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