Vision restoration therapy and raising red flags too early [14]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 659-660

  Sabel, Bernhard A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EYE CARE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PERFORMANCE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VISION RESTORATION THERAPY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33646234031     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.079012     Document Type: Letter

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