Findings from acute retinal stimulation in blind patients

Visual Prosthetics: Physiology, Bioengineering, Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 259-269

  Walter, Peter ^a   Roessler, Gernot ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84855697976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0754-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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