Babe ruth: With vision like that, how could he hit the ball?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 144-146

  Voisin, Anita ^a   Elliott, David B ^b   Regan, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

AMBLYOPIC; BABE RUTH; VISUAL ACUITY LESS;

BINOCULAR VISION;

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBLYOPIA; BASEBALL; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031105960     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199703000-00024     Document Type: Article

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