The influence of visual field defects and other clinical parameters on reading performance: A retrospective study in a low vision population

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-100

  Trauzettel Klosinski, Susanne ^a   Dieling, Christoph ^a   Pietsch, Barbara ^b  

^a University Eye Hospital Tuebingen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0346309596     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/vimr.5.2.83.26264     Document Type: Article

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